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We're all familiar with apples and pears, but there are many other fruit trees that produce edible fruit. Perhaps not as ...
To keep pawpaw trees productive and in good health, pruning at the right time and in the right way is essential. Pruning will ...
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- The pawpaw tree, which bears the largest fruit native to North America, may bear new fruit for scientists seeking ways to fight cancer. Purdue University researcher Jerry ...
Have you heard of the pawpaw tree? It’s affectionately called the Indiana Banana. Rosie Lerner, a retired Purdue University consumer horticulture specialist, wrote about pawpaws. “The pawpaw has been ...
On the windy Saturday afternoon, Scales Fine Arts Center pulsed with energy. On Saturday, inside Scales, heaps of old clothes ...
The flowers of the male pawpaw tree contain both the male organ- the stamen - and a pistil- the female organ. However, the pistil is not functional hence the tree cannot produce fruits.
Richmond resident Woody Walker located the state’s largest pawpaw tree in 2009 and it is located in Madison County. Walker would not give the exact location of the tree. The tree was officially ...
According to Fritz, local residents found an 80-year old pawpaw tree in Duncansville, so a small amount of the local fruit will be available to taste on Sunday. The full event itinerary can be ...