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Cricket Hill Garden
Select pawpaw seedlings from named parents (Taytwo, Overleese, NC-1, IXL, Peterson); zone-6-grown stock; open Wed-Sat in season.
Taylor Pawpaw
Wild and Heirloom
Taylor is a Wild and Heirloom variety, bred by Corwin Davis, late season, ripening the first week of October in Michigan.
- Flavor
- Mild pawpaw flavor; yellow flesh with green skin
- Size
- Small-medium, about 3.8 oz (110 g)
- Ripening
- Late season, ripening the first week of October in Michigan
- Productivity
- Clusters heavily
- Notes
- A Corwin Davis selection; note that an unrelated, late-maturing pawpaw also called Taylor appears in older records. Sets up to seven fruit per cluster.
What growers say
Taylor pawpaw is a Corwin Davis selection from wild Michigan stock, with mild flavor, yellow flesh and green skin, borne in heavy clusters of up to seven fruit. It is a small fruit, and published grower taste discussion is limited; note that an unrelated pawpaw also called Taylor appears in older records. It ripens late, into the first week of October in Michigan.
Where to buy Taylor pawpaw trees
PawpawMap found no Taylor pawpaw trees in stock at all 3 nurseries it confirmed as of Aug 9, 2026. 3 nurseries ship the variety; ask to be told when stock returns.
- Cricket Hill GardenSold outconfirmed Aug 9, 2026 view listing
- One Green WorldSold outconfirmed Aug 9, 2026 view listing
- Planting Justice (formerly Rolling River Nursery)Sold outconfirmed Aug 9, 2026 view listing
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One Green World
Ships seeds and plants to all 50 states; pawpaw varieties currently on email-when-available pre-order.
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Planting Justice (formerly Rolling River Nursery)
Operates the former Rolling River Nursery; 25 pawpaw listings, mostly sold out.
PricingSeedlings $18
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