Paw paws (Asimina triloba) are a survivor from when North America was warmer. They are the only temperate zone tree in a tropical family. You can see that their leaves and large fruit have that jungle ...

The fruit of the paw paw tree can be eaten fresh or made into a healthy dessert; boiled green as a vegetable marrow; or shredded for a fresh Asian salad; dried when ripe and sugared into candy; the ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Under normal circumstances, paw-paws start dropping — literally — in New York right about now. But the massive amounts of rain have put a crimp in the 2021 growing season for ...

After having been the director of the National Butterfly Center in Mission, my vision of nature was transformed. I could see more clearly the importance certain plants played in the sustainability of ...

VANCOUVER - University of B.C. plant geneticists and a Fraser Valley commercial plant supplier have joined forces to improve the exotic paw paw, a little-known North American fruit that rots within ...

BATAVIA — In a catalogue as diverse as the Genesee County Soil and Water Conservation District’s annual tree sales, sometimes a funny name is all a plant needs to stand out. “I think a lot of ...

Any reader immediately understood the Cincinnati Enquirer’s very brief note buried in the edition of Sept. 15, 1881. “Our country exchanges bring up the intelligence that paw-paws are ripe and the ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Mother Nature of the Northeast finally delivers the paw paw starting this week. These green, mango-shaped fruits might be referred to as the "forgotten fruits." This harvest ...

Paw paw can be described as sweet and delicious with a taste between banana and mango, with perhaps a note of pineapple or citrus. The flavor is delivered in fruit with a creamy custard-like ...

Dear Barry: Old dogwoods that are in serious decline need to be cut down. They will never improve. If you do cut them down, there's a chance that they will make vigorous new shoots that are not ...

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 ...