"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Pawpaws are the fruit of a hardy understory tree native to parts of the U.S. They used to be everywhere, ...

Looking to plant something unusual, easy to grow and exotically delicious? Let me introduce you to Asimina triloba, the pawpaw tree. Also known as Hoosier banana, poor man’s banana and false banana, ...

The pawpaw tree, which produces Ohio's official native fruit, is common throughout the state. Pawpaw fruit tastes like a combination of banana, mango, and pineapple and is harvested in late summer and ...

I’ve got a couple of tropical fruit trees growing in my garden in Western Massachusetts and they are flourishing despite winter temperatures that drop well below zero on occasion. These are pawpaws, a ...

Abbey Duke had never tasted a pawpaw fruit in 2010 when she planted four pawpaw trees on the small Intervale farm associated with her South Burlington-based Sugarsnap Catering. Since starting the ...

As the calendar ticks over to September, summer may be over, but there’s still plenty to look forward to. For example: the return of football, seasonal fall Starbucks drinks and, here in Western ...

DESCRIBED AS a hardy tropical fruit that tastes like a cross between a banana, mango, and pineapple, the Asimina triloba was seemingly once so plentiful that it ...

A gardening friend planted many fruit trees in the spring of 2009 and though the apples and pears are plentiful, the persimmon, paw paw and quince are still holding out. This year, after the leaves ...

Pawpaws are the fruit of a hardy understory tree native to parts of the U.S. They used to be everywhere, but most Americans today have never heard of them. The tropical-tasting fruit is hard to farm ...