The Pawpaw, Native No America Tree Fruit Comeback: GW Fav, TJ, Lewis & Clark, Ohio Festival (OH)

[appalachiablue]

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1157120154

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[MLAA]

1. Just saw what a pawpaw fruit looks like.

Now I’m puzzled by an old song ‘picking up pawpaws and putting them in your pocket’.
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Edit: Found the lyrics.

Where, oh, where is sweet little Nellie?
Where, oh, where is sweet little Nellie?
Where, oh, where is sweet little Nellie?
Way down yonder in the paw paw patch
… Come on, boys and let's go find her
Come on, boys and let's go find her
Come on, boys and let's go find her
Way down yonder in the paw paw patch
… Pickin' up paw paws, put 'em in your pocket
Pickin' up paw paws, put 'em in your pocket
Pickin' up paw paws, put 'em in your pocket
Way down yonder in the paw paw patch

[montanacowboy]

2. I remember PawPaw trees

when I was a kid growing up in Ohio, they were all over the woods we played in as kids. Good to hear they are making a comeback.

[appalachiablue]

5. Relatives mentioned them, & quite a few trees were around. As a kid I think

there were still some associations that the fruit was old timey, rural food for poor folks, bah. And there was an unfortunate soul 'tied to a paw-paw tree' in the Hatfields & McCoy feud I think.

These articles have stimulated interest, I'll be looking for paw paws definitely.

[SamKnause]

3. We had pawpaw trees in our yard when I was growing up.

They have the texture of custard and they taste like over ripe bananas.

Never was a fan.

[we can do it]

4. We had one in our yard growing up.

What a mess.

[Philostopher]

6. We had a paw paw tree in the back yard where I grew up in SW Ohio

There must have been another one nearby, because it bore fruit almost every year. The fruit is weird - fragile, tastes a little like a cross between a mango and a banana. The tree is pretty - has a bark the color of an elephant's skin, and big, teardrop-shaped leaves. Our neighbors have one, but it must be the only one for miles - I've never seen it bloom or bear fruit, and we've lived in this house for over 20 years.