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Table 7.2. Commercially available pawpaw cultivars.2
CultivarDescription
G-2Selected from G. A. Zimmerman seed by John W. McKay, College Park, Maryland, in 1942.
GlaserSelected by P. Glaser of Evansville, Indiana. Medium-size fruit.
IXLHybrid of Overleese and Davis; large fruit, yellow flesh; ripens 2nd week of Oct. in Michigan.
Jack's JumboSelected in California from Corwin Davis seed; large fruit.
KirstenHybrid seedling of Taytwo × Overleese; selected by Tom Mansell, Aliquippa, Pennsylvania.
LA NativeFrom LA, blooms late in Tennessee, small fruit, somewhat frost hardy.
Little RosieSelected by P. Glaser of Evansville, Indiana. Has small fruit. Reported to be an excellent pollinator.
Lynn's FavoriteSelected from Corwin Davis orchard. Yellow fleshed, large fruit; ripens 2nd week of Oct. in Michigan.
M-1Selected from G-2 seed by John W. McKay, College Park, Maryland, in 1948.
MangoSelected from the wild in Tifton, Georgia, by Major C. Collins in 1970. Vigorous growth.
Mary Foos JohnsonSelected from the wild in Kansas by Milo Gibson. Seedling donated to North Willamette Expt. Sta., Aurora, Oregon, by Mary Foos Johnson. Large fruit; yellow skin; butter-color flesh; few seeds; ripens first week of Oct. in Michigan.
Mason/WLWSelected from the wild in Mason, Ohio, by Ernest J. Downing in 1938.
MiddletownSelected from the wild in Middletown, Ohio, by Ernest J. Downing in 1915. Small fruit size.
MitchellSelected from the wild in Jefferson Co., Illinois, by Joseph W. Hickman in 1979. Fruit: Medium fruit size, slightly yellow skin, golden flesh, few seeds.
NC-1Hybrid seedling of Davis × Overleese; selected by R. Douglas Campbell, Ontario, Canada, in 1976. Large fruit; few seeds; yellow skin and flesh; thin skin; early ripening, 15 Sept. in Ontario and early Sept. in Kentucky.
OverleeseSelected from the wild in Rushville, Indiana, by W. B. Ward in 1950. Large fruit; few seeds; bears in clusters of three to five; ripens 1st week of Oct. in Michigan and early Sept. in Kentucky.
PA-Golden 1Selected as seedling from seed originating from George Slate collection by John Gordon, Amherst, New York. Early cropping. Medium-size fruit, yellow skin, golden flesh; matures late August in Kentucky and mid-Sept. in New York.
PA-Golden 2Selected as seedling from seed originating from George Slate collection by John Gordon, Amherst, New York. Fruit: yellow skin, golden flesh; matures mid-Sept. in New York.
PA-Golden 3Selected as seedling from seed originating from George Slate collection by John Gordon, Amherst, New York. Fruit: yellow skin, golden flesh; matures mid-Sept. in New York.
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CultivarDescription
PA-Golden 4Selected as seedling from seed originating from George Slate collection by John Gordon, Amherst, New York. Fruit: yellow skin, golden flesh; matures mid-Sept. in New York.
ProlificSelected by Corwin Davis, Bellevue, Michigan, in mid-1980s. Large fruit; yellow flesh; ripens first week of Oct. in Michigan.
Rebecca's GoldSelected from Corwin Davis seed, Bellevue, Michigan, by J. M. Riley in 1974. Medium-size fruit; kidney-shaped; yellow flesh.
Ruby Keenan SAA-OverleeseSelected from Overleese seed by John Gordon, Amherst, New York, in 1982. Large fruit; rounded shape; green skin; yellow flesh; few seeds; matures in mid-Oct. in New York.
SAA-ZimmermanSelected as seedling from seed originating from G. A. Zimmerman collection by John Gordon, Amherst, New York, in 1982. Large fruit; yellow skin and flesh; few seeds.
Silver CreekSelected from the wild in Millstedt, Illinois, by K. Schubert. Medium fruit size.
SueSelected in southern Indiana. Medium-size fruit, yellow flesh, skin yellow when ripe.
SunflowerSelected from the wild in Chanute, Kansas, by Milo Gibson in 1970. Tree reported to be self-fertile. Large fruit; yellow skin; butter-color flesh; few seeds; ripens early to mid-Sept. in Kentucky and the first week of Oct. in Michigan.
SungloYellow skin, yellow flesh, large fruit; fruit ripens 1st week of Oct. in Michigan.
Sweet AliceSelected from the wild in West Virginia by Homer Jacobs of the Holden Arboretum, Mentor, Ohio, in 1934.
TaylorSelected from the wild in Eaton Rapids, Michigan, by Corwin Davis in 1968. Small fruit; bears up to seven fruit in a cluster; green skin; yellow flesh; ripens 1st week of Oct. in Michigan.
TaytwoSelected from the wild in Eaton Rapids, Michigan, by Corwin Davis in 1968. Sometimes spelled Taytoo. Small fruit; light-green skin; yellow flesh; ripens 1st week of Oct. in Michigan.
TollgateYellow flesh, large fruit, fruit ripens 1st week of Oct. in Michigan.
WellsSelected from the wild in Salem, Indiana, by David Wells in 1990. Small to medium-size fruit; green skin; orange flesh. Ripens mid to late Sept. in Kentucky.
White WilsonSelected in Kentucky by Johnny Johnson; has white-fleshed fruit. Selected from the wild on Black Mountain, Harlan Co., Kentucky, by John V. Creech in 1985. Small fruit; yellow skin; golden flesh.
ZimmermanSelected in New York from G. A. Zimmerman seed by George Slate.
2Descriptions derived from Layne (1997), Jones et al. (1998), and unpublished data of K. Pomper. Descriptions come from a wide variety of sources, and most of the cultivars have not been compared for performance side by side at one geographic site.3Fruit size categories of small, medium, and large are <100 g, 100 to 150 g, and >150 g, respectively.