Asimina triloba – Mary Foos Johnson

Collection Status: Cultivar is present at AFFN
Planted on Nov 07, 2025

Common Name: Pawpaw
Parental Cross:
Geographic Origin: wild, Kansas
Finder/Creator: Milo Gibson
Known Sources: Dawes Arboretum
Alternative Names:

Notes: Discovered 1965. This cultivar was selected from the wild in Kansas by Milo Gibson. The seedling was donated to North Williamette Experiment Station in Aurora, Oregon, by Mary Foos Johnson. KSU reports, „Large fruit, yellow skin, butter-color flesh; few seeds; ripens first week of October in [Michigan].“ Like Sunflower; raised in Oregon; Phyllosticta resistance: , Fruit Shape: , Freestone: no, Seediness: low, Self-fruitful: no, Prizes: