On a wooded hillside along the banks of the Allegheny River, Gabrielle Marsden brushed up against an oblong leaf: Asimina triloba. The American pawpaw.The deciduous tree bears North America’s largest ...

Joe Kostka searches for ripe pawpaws in his home orchard where he's grown the native fruit for 21 years, in Natrona Heights, Pa,, Sept. 30, 2025. (Quinn Glabicki/Pittsburgh's Public Source via AP) On ...

HOLYOKE — In the backyard of a city home is an unexpected sight: 14 trees with what look like clusters of green mango-shaped fruits hanging from the branches. They’re pawpaws, a fruit with a ...

While many people have never heard of them, pawpaws are the largest edible tree fruit native to the U.S. They aren’t often found in a grocery store because they don’t ship well, but there’s increasing ...

Apples, oranges and bananas are sold in abundance in supermarkets throughout the country. But some say the most American fruit is one you’ll likely never see in the produce department, and it’s one ...

As warm summer days wane, an indigenous sweet treat comes back into the spotlight. That’s right, as locals know, pawpaw season is already upon us. The green fruits growing from the pawpaw tree are ...

September is harvest season for Indiana’s most idiosyncratic produce—the pawpaw. It grows on small trees with giant leaves, can be found pretty much everywhere in the Hoosier state, and is the largest ...

NEW ENGLAND FRUIT. I TYPICALLY CARRY SEEDS WITH ME, AND IF I FIND A PLACE THAT’S LIKELY, THEN I PLANT SOME SEEDS THERE. AND YOU KNOW, HOPE THEY’LL SPROUT. TED. ROCHESTER IS A MODERN DAY JOHNNY ...