The Pawpaw: A Southern Delicacy

Reader Contribution by Allan Douglas
Published on October 20, 2014
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I have, on several occasions, heard of a mysterious fruit called a pawpaw. On each occasion it was referred to as a Southern delicacy: a fruit tree whose papaya-shaped fruit have the consistency of custard inside a tough, thin-skinned pod and a vanilla-banana flavor.

Benny LaFleur holds two pawpaw fruit from his Del Rio farm.

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