Pawpaw plants listed for retail sale in the U.S. c. 5/2022

There are a few more I’m aware of but I don’t know that they are commercially available in the US (some not at all as they are named but not “released”)

Hillbilly Pawpaws in the UK has a few varieties that might make their way to this side of the pond at some point. Florian’s pawpaw website might have others not list here.

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Managing editors of periodicals tend to be picky about what qualifies for “cultivars in circulation” and in the past I’ve had to point at licensed retailers - excluding what collectors are trading and plants being sold on black market sites e.g. BidNGrow, eBay, Etsy, FB, etc.

Oh thanks, I haven’t checked Florian yet :slightly_smiling_face:.

99 and counting … :smiley:

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Some from KYSU not listed by Nurseries

Do you search in different languages
I know of at least 2 cultivars not listed on this forum, but a little busy right now .

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Also I learned of the different names for pawpaw-z9-QQ9E-WWW
Urodlin in Polish is pawpaw ,
Dreilappige Papau German pawpaw
Asimoya (New Zealand known that for some time)

(I have a Ukrainian site, **but that is about botany or living herbarium ** they may have more leads, but I will say the wild pawpaw saplings in Ukrainian looks different . - )

Keep in mind if your ever near the area of Cliff England in KY. you could just get scion wood (or seeds at Brea College KY of Golden moon paw .

It’s feature is the fruit changes colors when ripe (a color break)

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For my list, I cannot use cultivars that are not offered for sale in the U.S. by licensed nurseries.

Yes, so far Prima is the only foreign cultivar I’ve found offered for sale here.

I also have nearly all published academic articles regarding Pawpaws / Asimina triloba. Among them, I discovered the Romanians have been very busy testing and propagating pawpaws!

Well, I’m 1,875 aerial miles (2,186 road miles) west of Brea College KY. I’ve no plans to travel anywhere east of the Rockies for the foreseeable future. I’ve also no plans to add any more pawpaws to my collection and I believe it is folly for anyone to purchase pawpaw seeds unless they have a well-designed advanced breeding program in progress. I do however have plans to fund a lab in the eastern U.S. to obtain microsatellite genetic data from a hundred or so pawpaw cultivars in the next few years. In that venture, the lab would obtain leaf samples directly from the sources.

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Nash Nursury in Michigan has several unique varieties.

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Split Milk Variegated
Sold by Perfect Circle Farm
Think it’s from Southern Ohio but not sure

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Nash Nursery pawpaw list

Thank you. I found these among text and menus on their site:
Carmelo
Dr. Chill
Spilt Milk Variegated
Sunsprout
UVM #1

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I believe this is one of Lehman’s Overleese x Sunflower ?

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@Richard if you’re publishing the list in a magazine or something you’ll want to scrub out any copyrighted names - for example there is no pawpaw tree named shenandoah, shenandoah is just a marketing brand that could refer to a number of different cultivars. the cultivar name is wansevwan

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@z0r
Here is how I would list the Peterson cultivars:
Allegheny®
Potomac®
Rappahannock®
Shenandoah™
Susquehanna®
Tallahatchie®
Wabash®

It’s true that 1-7-1 was the accession number for Shenandoah, prior to release to the nursery trade.

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Wow, never heard of this place…interesting. Possibly the first nursery to formally offer a variegated cultivar?
I know a few folks including Cliff have had them over the years but have not seen for sale.

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I have used the above list to compose a diagram of current cultivar origins, which will hopefully put to rest various online rumors of who actually bred and/or collected them:

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wansevwan is the correct cultivar name, not shenandoah. Depending on the publication you’re targeting they might be more or less strict about this, but anyone involved in the nursery trade should be up-to-date on correct trademark use. see this for more info:

“Plant Patenting: A Public Fruit Breeder’s Assessment” James N. Moore 1991

page 4, emphasis mine-
"Trademarks

Trademarking is a form of proprietary protection indicating source or origin. Unlike a plant patent, which excludes others from propagating a plant cultivar for 17 years, the life of a trademark can be indefinite. Today we are seeing more and more trademarks used in the marketing of fruit cultivars. Trademarks have been misunderstood and, in some cases misused, leading to confusion in the nursery trade (Darke, 1991). A trademark is intended to indicate origin or source of a plant cultivar and cannot be the name of the cultivar. For this reason, nursery catalogs may use a trademark for marketing purposes, while clearly listing the proper cultivar name. For example, Stark Bros. catalog lists Starkspur® UltraMacTM (Dewar cultivar) apples, thus presenting both a trademark and a cultivar name. When the plant patent expires on this apple after 17 years, Stark Bros. will have no control over the propagation and sale of the Dewar cultivar, but they will still have legal right to exclude others from using the trademark Starkspur® or UltraMacTM to market any fruit tree variety. To fruit breeders and nurseries, a strong valid trademark is an increasingly important marketing mechanism, particularly after the patent has expired and the plant can be propagated freely by every one (Elliott, 1991). Confusion in the use of trademarks for plant cultivars is created when trademark names are made to appear as cultivar names, sometimes even being enclosed in single quotes, generally interpreted as a cultivar name (Darke, 1991). When a trademark is used in the marketing of a single cultivar, the trademark always should be used in association with the cultivar name (Elliott, 1991). A second problem occurs when trademarks that were used previously as well-established cultivar names are used (Darke, 1991). A good review of the use and misuse of trademarks in plant property rights was published recently by Elliott (1991)."

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I believe that “wansevwan” is in use by black market sellers who wish to avoid cease-and-desist letters for trademark violation.

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Probably stating the obvious for some, but the only place “wansevwan” shows up is on Neal’s patent filings, as far as i know (excepting possible black market sellers).

No one in the general public or public-facing nursery industry refers to any of Neal’s selections by the patent names. There are a couple other strange names he gave for at least 2 of his other varieties. I don’t remember them and don’t feel like looking it up :slight_smile:

Not sure the point of the arguments about “wansevwan.” Yes, it’s another name for Shenandoah but who cares? No one needs to truly know that to buy, grow, or enjoy a Shenandoah.

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I’ll do it! :smile:

Levfiv is Susquehanna and Aidfievate is Rappahannock. All 3 had their patents expire in September of last year, though for Levfiv it says there was an adjusted expiration for June 12 of this year.

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Hahaha thanks!

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Richard, I’m trying to help you write a more accurate article, which is why I think you opened this thread. A trademark cannot be the name of a cultivar, so if you refer to a variety only by its trademark, you’re forgetting the cultivar name. I don’t think this has to do with “black market” anything.

Here are few more from my notes:

KSU 8-2 Pawpaw (marketed under the KSU-Atwood ™ brand)
KSU 7-5 Pawpaw (marketed under the KSU-Benson ™ brand)
KSU 4-1 Pawpaw (marketed under the KSU-Chappell ™ brand)

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