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Episode 85: The Pawpaw

The Pawpaw tree is a mysterious one, somehow being both my most requested topic and one many are likely to not have heard of. This tree species produces the largest native tree fruit in North America, but despite growing among temperate Oaks and Hickories, it has qualities seen only in otherwise tropical plants. Explore the Pawpaw with me, from its earliest impacts on human history to how it could find its way back into the spotlight today.    
Music is by Academy Garden (academygarden.bandcamp.com)
Cover Art is by @boomerangbrit on Instagram
Script Editing and Social Media is by Laurie Hilburn (lhilburn.journoportfolio.com)
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Sources:

https://susqnha.org/riverroots-forgotten-fruit-pawpaw/

https://raintreenursery.com/blogs/pnw-edible-plant-blog/considering-pawpaw-biology-to-inform-how-to-grow-them

https://www.gardenclub.org/blog/native-american-paw-paw-trees

https://apalacheresearch.com/2021/06/24/the-indigenous-agriculture-of-the-americas-pawpaw-fruit/

https://daily.jstor.org/plant-of-the-month-the-pawpaw/

https://www.nps.gov/articles/pawpaw.htm

https://www.fs.usda.gov/database/feis/plants/tree/asitri/all.html#BOTANICAL%20AND%20ECOLOGICAL%20CHARACTERISTICS

https://patch.com/massachusetts/charlestown/historic-canoe-burning-underway-near-boston-harbor

https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/native-americans-and-freedom-religion/

https://heppy.org/paw-paw-festival/