Ordering Pawpaw Fruit Online: Unboxing, Cost, Taste Test, and General Pawpaw Chat Afterward!

[@wesleyrobbins]

I ordered from Earthy Delights last year best pawpaw I've had so far. I'll finally be getting fruits from my own trees next year with 3 fruiting trees and nine more on the way pretty soon I'll have more then I know what to do with.

[@captiveroots3037]

Once they get going they fruit like crazy!

[@yaddahaysmarmalite4059]

I guess they got some more in because I just placed an order. Now see what you did! Its been about 30 years since I last ate pawpaw. They were wild ones I found. Some were very good eating. Some were very seedy and not worth bothering with. It was always hard to find them when they were ripe. But this year I finally planted some pawpaw trees- grafted cultivars as well as seed grown.

[@captiveroots3037]

I agree on wild ones. They are fun to find but once you're used to the cultivated varieties most of the wild ones are lacking. They tend to taste bitter to me.

[@adelinaprentice4703]

That is so exciting! Their website is currently sold out lol but I am going to the York festival this weekend and I'll finally get my first taste of pawpaw! 😄

[@captiveroots3037]

They'll definitely have some in York! I would try to go on Saturday if possible

[@oldmanjimh3165]

Had a couple trees in my garden. Super easy to grow. Some varieties grow larger fruit and larger tree. Best to have a couple different varieties. After they fruit you will also see babies coming up so you only need a few trees to start. If just for yourself, too many trees will result in more fruit than you can eat.

[@Pay-It_Forward]

Bob Johnson of Nektar Flow Farms has a large pawpaw farm along the Wabash River. They have lots of KSU Chappell, plus lots of Peterson & KSU cultivars.

[@captiveroots3037]

Thank you for the tip!

[@somethingsomething404]

Good to know, do they sell them? Or ship them?

[@nightrunner1456]

What state! did the boxes come from!

[@captiveroots3037]

@@nightrunner1456 Michigan, although this particular place is no longer open unfortunately

[@Pay-It_Forward]

you need to try: IXL, Chappell, Susquehanna, (KSU Hi 7-1), Tropical Treat, Mango, Maria's Joy, Kentucky Champion, Nyomi's Delicious, (Mammoth X), Canopus, Regulus, Summer Delight VE-21

[@captiveroots3037]

Susquehanna is delicious! We're definitely planning to try as many as possible

[@TheGratefulGarden]

Those are beautiful fruit! Not over ripe. Looking nice! I’m jealous! I drove all the way to Ohio festival this year and it was disappointing something SERIOUS for pawpaw. Got to taste some way overripe/over priced wild ones. Not good. But I made a cake and icing with the pulp. That came out really good.

[@captiveroots3037]

That's great that the cake came out well! I hear you on the festivals. It used to be a road trip we looked forward to, and a whole experience that ended with the chance to taste test and buy a whole bunch of pawpaws. Now it's become so big that it's more about everything else and you're lucky to get a couple of fruits. We really just went there for the fruit itself...we can buy all the local honey, crafts, or necklaces we want right here in NY!

[@TheGratefulGarden]

Whoa those delivered well!!! I’m gonna have to order me some of those when they restock!!!

[@captiveroots3037]

Definitely worth it! They pack them incredibly well, and only ship overnight air, so they are still cold when you get them. Pricey, but then again we used to drive to the festival in York, PA, get a hotel, go out to dinner, then buy fruit, so it's not so bad when you think of it that way.

[@somethingsomething404]

@@captiveroots3037will they ship to the west coast of Canada?

[@captiveroots3037]

@@somethingsomething404 I'm not sure... Actually it looks like the company was purchased and is downsizing so I'm not sure if they're going to be around this fall for pawpaw fruit sadly

[@organicgrow4440]

Amazing, Thanks for sharing.

[@captiveroots3037]

Thank you!

[@megawatt13]

Don't let the seeds dry out, moist paper towl in the plastic bag and put in refridgerator.

[@10putty]

I was hoping you were going to guess maybe the variety, the big delishish one, could that have been Susquehanna? A lot of people say that is the best of the best. Do you weigh the biggest one? This was a good episode, thanks!

[@captiveroots3037]

Thank you! It's so hard to tell variety without at least an idea of the possibilities, if that makes sense. Whatever variety it was it was amazing! Could have been Susquehanna or maybe Overleese but honestly a lot of the named varieties are quite similarly delicious.

[@chizick14]

So when you order them they don't tell you the variety? Glad you got some great fruit to start more trees!

[@captiveroots3037]

From what I understand there's no way for them to know... they just get deliveries from farms and those are always a mix

[@cz7510]

I heard one big challenge with pawpaws is that they won't ripe once they are off the tree, they are not like bananas . So, don't understand how this shipping works since some look really not ripe

[@captiveroots3037]

They will ripen off the tree as long not as they're fully developed. That's the key. If picked too early then they'll soften but never get ripe.

[@aw4610]

When is their season?

[@captiveroots3037]

It varies a bit depending on location but here in Western NY pawpaws are usually ripe in October and early November

[@marcel84marcel]

I going to start selling pawpaws next year. Only named cultivars and they will be labeled. $50 a pound! Im going to be rich 🤑😂

[@captiveroots3037]

I did see someone selling them for $25 a pound and they sold out in hours. Crazy!

[@marcel84marcel]

@@captiveroots3037 Exactly! Its supply and demand. And my niche will be each fruit will be labeled. People want to know what they are eating. They want to know which cultivars they actually enjoys and pick that cultivars specifically.

[@encygrowpedia]

That was me 😅 I still think it was very reasonable considering they were the best pawpaws transported from 800 miles away to arrive in top condition in a state where cultivar fruits are not available. Even more so considering Ohio festival was selling wild fruits munched on by critters for $30/lb. Also I think being able to know the cultivar of each fruit carries significant value.

[@captiveroots3037]

@@encygrowpedia for sure! It just shows where the market is and what the demand for good quality fruit is too. I would have purchased some even at that price because of being able to know the cultivar if we were closer than NY!

[@somethingsomething404]

I’ll buy lol

[@nokneesisaiah]

do they still sell pawpaw?

[@captiveroots3037]

@@nokneesisaiah Unfortunately the company seems to have been bought out and downsized... I don't think they're selling them this year

[@EddisonConley]

Did anyone else think they were green potatoes in the thumbnail 💀

[@captiveroots3037]

That would be bad news! LOL