Oh, Charlotte. You must be educated! Pawpaw (Asimina triloba) is also known as custard apple by some. The family it's in is mostly tropical and the Pawpaw is the only North American representative of it. They're dear to my heart because in WV, you call your grandpa, "Pawpaw". So my grandpa was always Pawpaw Ray. Likewise, my grandma is Mawmaw Betty. And my Pawpaw loved to eat Pawpaws. His brother, too. Grandma says they could eat a whole bushel by themselves. Now, my Pawpaw Ray planted a bunch of the seeds all around their place, and since they have good soil and live right next to a river, he had great success with them. Pawpaw Ray died in 2006, a year before I started raising butterflies, and I can't help but wonder what he'd think of me purposely feeding caterpillars and keeping them as pets.
I think he would have liked it as long as I left his vegetable garden alone.
In fall of 2014, I went up for a genealogy conference with my dad and I tried a Pawpaw for the first time. I had never been there when they were ripe because we never visited that late in the year. I liked it. Taste a bit like pineapple, but everyone has their own opinion. You can see my picture of the fruit I ate in the Plant Database at
Pawpaw (Asimina triloba)
More on Pawpaws and today's adventures after I eat dinner! Man, it smells good out there.
