Pawpaw : : in Search of America's Forgotten Fruit

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Call Number: 583.22 Mo
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

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Part I. Pawpaws in history -- What's a pawpaw? -- A brief history of pawpaws in America -- A tale of two fruits -- Part II. Pawpaws to the people -- Johnny Pawpawseed -- Hunting the lost Ketter fruit -- Peterson's gambit -- In the orchard -- The Ohio Pawpaw Festival -- Tobacco, acetogenins, and ice cream -- The Ohio Pawpaw Growers Association -- Into the woods: a new orchard -- Part III. Way down yonder: travels in the pawpaw belt -- St. Louis -- Historic Virginia -- North Carolina -- Down South -- Appalachia -- Cherokee -- North and Midwest -- Appendix 1: Pawpaw ice cream --Appendix 2: a selection of pawpaw nurseries -- Appendix 3: cultivar profiles and impressions.
As fruits go, the pawpaw is about as unique, historically important, and yet mysteriously undervalued as it gets. Despite an impressive resume, most people have probably never heard of the pawpaw, let alone bit into one. If you haven't yet eaten a pawpaw, Moore's lively and inquisitive book will have you seeking out the nearest pawpaw patch--Dust jacket.

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