Asimina triloba – Taytwo

Collection Status: Cultivar is present at AFFN
Planted on Nov 18, 2025

Common Name: Pawpaw
Parental Cross:
Geographic Origin: wild, Eaton Rapids, Michigan
Finder/Creator: Corwin Davis
Known Sources: Hidden Springs Nursery
Alternative Names: Taytoo

Notes: Discovered 1968. Selected from the wild in Eaton Rapids, Michigan, by Corwin Davis 1968, and sometimes spelled Taytoo, “Fruit: light-green skin; yellow flesh; ripens in September in Kentucky and 1st week of October in Michigan,” KSU reports. “Fruit size medium; averaging 120 g/fruit and 75 fruit per tree at KSU.” Also an early producer in Jim Davis’s Maryland orchard. Has a unique taste for pawpaw only some will like.; Phyllosticta resistance: , Fruit Shape: , Freestone: no, Seediness: high, Self-fruitful: no, Prizes: