Asimina triloba – Sweet Sue

Collection Status: Cultivar is present at AFFN
Planted on Nov 21, 2025

Common Name: Pawpaw
Parental Cross:
Geographic Origin: wild,Southern, Indiana
Finder/Creator: Don Munich
Known Sources: West Farm
Alternative Names: Sweet Sue

Notes: Discovered in the 1980s. A small to medium-sized fruit introduced by Don Munich from southern Indiana. “A very good-producing cultivar with very mild-tasting fruit,” reports Ron Powell. “No Phyllosticta issues. The fruit is very soft and thin-skinned. For those who do not like a strong-tasting fruit, this is the one to let them taste.” Yellow flesh, skin yellow when ripe. Per Cliff England, 20241210, “Sue” and “Sweet Sue” are the same. Yellow when ripe.; Phyllosticta resistance: resistant, Fruit Shape: , Freestone: no, Seediness: , Self-fruitful: no, Prizes: