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Re: Paw paws

On Wed, 18 Jun 1997, Liz Runciman wrote:

> Alessandra these are tropical plants (Carica papaya) 
> and would be unlikely to fruit in a mediterranean 
> climate.  They grow well in subtropical zones as well.  
> I grew up in a substropical area of South Africa and  

The word "paw paw" has two meanings: 

One, as you say, is Carica papaya, which we in the US call Papayas.  The
other is Asimina triloba, a fruit in the same family as soursop and
cherimoya, which grows up into the Midwest and New England, and is
extremely cold hardy.  The fruits are a few inches long and taste like
banana custard.  Work has been done on breeding them, and they have come
up with some very nicely-flavored large (nearly softball-sized) fruits.

Bob
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