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Finally got to go out squirrel hunting yesterday. I sat and sat. Didn't see anything. Too windy for squirrels. I was about to pack it in when the wind blew again and I heard a dull thud. Hmmm... what was that? A paw paw! I'm gonna get something for my effort! So I went around shaking a few trees. Came up with a nice take. ![[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]](https://i.postimg.cc/w11GHRWB/Paw-Paw-Bag.jpg) ![[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]](https://i.postimg.cc/mt2nX5CC/Paw-Paw-Hand.jpg) ![[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]](https://i.postimg.cc/t7zfzjZ9/20220922-205410.jpg)
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Cool!!!
I’ve bush hogged many young paw paws, our matures never seem to make fruit.
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Cool!!!
I’ve bush hogged many young paw paws, our matures never seem to make fruit. I could never find pawpaws by looking at the trees. I only started getting them after I quit bothering to look up and instead just gave them a couple shakes. The fruit looks EXACTLY like the leaves! 
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What are they like, ya'll?
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What are they like, ya'll? This ^^^^^
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They taste like a cross between a mango and a banana with a texture about like yogurt when they are as ripe as I like them.
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I'm trying to find a variety that can take occasional winters down in the negative 20 range, and regularly 0 to -5 or so.
Won't matter to me if it dies back some, as long as it can come back in a couple of years.
The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men.
In it is contentment
In it is death and all you seek
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You'll probably have to get a named cultivar or just plant some local wild seeds. Here's a cultivar guide - https://cultivar.guide/pawpaw
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Thanks there are no wild ones around to get seeds from. I just figured to put a tree or two in the orchard I'm starting. Looking at that list, it doesn't appear any are hardy enough for this area. Thanks though
Last edited by Valsdad; 09/23/22.
The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men.
In it is contentment
In it is death and all you seek
(Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni)
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I never heard of a paw paw but it sounds good based on OP’s description.
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We used to sing a song when I was a kid, it went kind of like this…
"Way down yonder in tha paw paw patch,
That’s where granddaddy got his very first snatch"
We thought surely it was destined for a #1 hit.
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Finally got to go out squirrel hunting yesterday. I sat and sat. Didn't see anything. Too windy for squirrels. I was about to pack it in when the wind blew again and I heard a dull thud. Hmmm... what was that? A paw paw! I'm gonna get something for my effort! So I went around shaking a few trees. Came up with a nice take. Thanks for posting I never knew what they were.
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I never heard of a paw paw but it sounds good based on OP’s description. They have them in Michigan. Even named a lake after them.
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We used to sing a song when I was a kid, it went kind of like this…
"Way down yonder in tha paw paw patch,
That’s where granddaddy got his very first snatch"
We thought surely it was destined for a #1 hit. Kinda catchy!
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Not paw paws. ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/Ib2mmZT.jpg) ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/MUfGSip.jpeg)
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Not paw paws. Alligator Pears!
...Actually Sycamore, you are sort of right....
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No Paw Paws but I did take a little walk this evening. Saw about a dozen Grey squirrels over on one hill that has huge oaks mixed in with Hickory trees.
Pard and I planning to get after em Sunday AM.
I have only ever ran on to 1 paw paw tree. Wouldn't mind planting a couple.
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They taste like a cross between a mango and a banana with a texture about like yogurt when they are as ripe as I like them. Maybe a milkshake for me then. Don't think I can do gooey fruit. Good luck squirrel huntin. Thanks for posting about this.
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