Seven improved cultivars, ~3 tons seasonal harvest; September; customer pickup, farmers markets, wholesale to festivals and distilleries.
Where to Buy Pawpaws in Maryland
10 verified places to buy or pick pawpaws in Maryland. Confirm availability before you visit. Pawpaw season is short.
Maryland has a deep pawpaw community, and its farms and festivals make trees and fruit straightforward to find. Clear Ridge Nursery in Union Bridge ships pawpaw trees, Deep Run Pawpaw Orchard in Westminster grows the fruit, and the Long Creek Homestead Paw Paw Fest in Frederick celebrates the season. Maryland pawpaws ripen from late August into early October, a span that suits most varieties.
Orchard
2Annual PawPaw Fest ~3rd Saturday of September (entrance to Gambrill State Park) with cultivar tastings, fruit and tree sales, workshops.
Farm Store / Market
1Pawpaw season ~September 6-October 4: JFX Baltimore market Sundays, plus Takoma Park (September 13) and Dupont Circle DC (September 20 and 27) dates.
Festival
6September morning talk on pawpaws by the Frederick County Master Gardeners at the University of Maryland Extension office in Frederick; ticketed through Eventbrite.
Annual late-September festival at Brooms Bloom Dairy in Bel Air, run by the Susquehannock Wildlife Society; free entry, a limited batch of Brooms Bloom pawpaw ice cream made from locally grown fruit, vendors, and a pawpaw art contest.
Annual late-September homestead pawpaw festival, one of the longest-running in the region.
Ticketed mid-September pawpaw festival at Fieldstone Nursery in Parkton; free fruit samples, grafting demonstrations, nursery and pawpaw-patch tours, with fruit and grafted Peterson trees for sale.
Ticketed three-hour guided pawpaw harvest at Fox Haven Organic Farm and Learning Center in Jefferson, timed to the September ripening window.
Ticketed late-September afternoon pawpaw tasting at Meadowside Nature Center in Rockville, run by Montgomery Parks, with a short guided hike on natural surface trails.
Nursery
1Asimina triloba in sizes from 1-2 ft to 8-9 ft; local native-plant nursery, sales by inquiry.
Pricing$16.50 to $125 by size
Nothing close enough?
Fresh pawpaws also move by mail in season, and frozen pulp ships year-round. See where to buy pawpaw fruit for the verified sellers that ship, typical prices, and how the short season works.
Pawpaw tree nurseries in Maryland
One verified nursery in Maryland sells pawpaw trees:
- Kollar Nursery in Pylesville
Want to plant your own?
The nurseries above cover buying a tree in or shipped to Maryland. Plant at least two genetically different trees so they can cross-pollinate, and check whether pawpaw fruits where you live before you order.
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