Wansevwan’, an Improved Pawpaw Cultivar with Mild Flavor and a Tendency for Single Fruit Clusters

Alan R Biggs

doi:10.19080/artoaj.2017.03.555607

Abstract

Wansevwan’, an Improved Pawpaw Cultivar with Mild Flavor and a Tendency for Single Fruit Clusters

Highlights

IntroductionDunal) is the largest native edible fruit in North America, indigenous to 26 of the eastern United States, and identified as a species with potential for domestication [1]
In 1982 open-pollinated seeds were collected from the surviving remnants of historic pawpaw collections dating to the early 20th century, as well as open-pollinated seed from certain named cultivars, including ‘Overleese’
One seedling tree bearing the accession number PPF 1-7-1 is the new cultivar named ‘Wansevwan’, having originated as an open-pollinated seedling from the variety ‘Overleese’, a nonregistered cultivar originating near Rushville, Indiana, circa 1950, and which is regarded as a standard pawpaw cultivar [1,6]

Summary

Introduction

Dunal) is the largest native edible fruit in North America, indigenous to 26 of the eastern United States, and identified as a species with potential for domestication [1]. Selection of pawpaws from the wild has been practiced for more than a century resulting in availability of numerous non-tested, nonregistered cultivars in the nursery trade. In 2004, this cultivar and two others were briefly described [2]. In 2011, a cultivar named ‘KSU Atwood’ was registered [3]. Scientific attention towards improving the fruit, its culture, and post-harvest handling had been neglected until 1992, with much work done subsequently at Kentucky State University [4,5]. The present article is the first to provide details of the tree and fruit characteristics ‘Wansevwan.’

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