Re: Where can I see a Paw-Paw?

In article <1186088792.039883.311360@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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 cwcook@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:

> On Jul 19, 11:38 pm, Philip Semanchuk <SpamIsNa...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 
> > I have a tree in my back yard that I suspect is a Paw-Paw (Asimina
> > triloba). I've looked at photos and keys online but I'm not confident
of
> > my identification. It would really help to see one in person. I
emailed
> > the UNC Botanical Garden & Duke Gardens to ask if they have specimens
> > but got no reply. I'm sure there must be some around in some public
> > place that I can look at; can someone point me in the right direction?
> 
> There's a nice pawpaw patch at the NC Botanical Garden at #9 on the
> streamside trail map:
http://ncbg.unc.edu/uploads/files/NCBG_Nature_Trails.pdf
> 
> I measured the largest one of this group and it's currently listed as
> the state champion:
> http://www.dfr.state.nc.us/urban/tree_detail.asp?Tree_ID=32
> 
> My pawpaw page may help you with the ID:
> http://www.duke.edu/~cwcook/trees/astr.html

Hi Will,
I appreciate all the info. I found the Paw-Paws this weekend at UNC BG 
thanks to your directions. There's even two fruits on one of the trees, 
and one broken open on the ground so I got a chance to smell it. (Kind 
of banana-y.) I can see clearly now that the trees that I have in my 
back yard are definitely not Paw Paws but maybe I'll plant some. They're 
native, interesting-looking and maybe I'll even get some fruit from them.

Cheers
-- 
Philip Semanchuk
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