Historically, pawpaws have been a difficult tree species to propagate

Seed requires stratification and is desiccation sensitive

Commercial clonal propagation of cultivars is via chip budding onto seedling rootstock

Many nurseries grow pawpaw seedlings in containers

High prices for seedling and grafted trees are limiting the development of an industry

Seedlings $5.00-$10.00

Grafted trees $15.00-$25.00