Asimina triloba – Taylor “1968”

Collection Status: Cultivar is present at AFFN
Planted on May 07, 2024

Common Name: Pawpaw
Parental Cross:
Geographic Origin: wild, Eaton Rapids, Michigan
Finder/Creator: Corwin Davis
Known Sources: Red Fern Farm, West Farm
Alternative Names:

Notes: Discovered 1968. Selected from the wild in Eaton Rapids, Michigan, by Corwin Davis in 1968. “Fruit: green skin; yellow flesh; ripens in September in Kentucky and 1st week of October in Michigan,” reports KSU. “Fruit size medium; averaging 110 g/fruit and 70 fruit per tree at KSU.” Medium fruit, heavy bearing, seedy, excellent flavor, mid season. Taylor is known to survive outdoors in Quebec, in Zone 4a Very cold hardy. Up to 7 in fruit cluster.; Phyllosticta resistance: , Fruit Shape: , Freestone: no, Seediness: , Self-fruitful: no, Prizes: