EarthDance Organic Farm School
Pawpaws sold in September at on-site pay-what-you-can farm stand and Ferguson Farmers Market booth; ~800 lb crop in 2024, sells out weekly.
Where to Buy Pawpaws in Missouri
8 verified places to buy or pick pawpaws in Missouri. Confirm availability before you visit. Pawpaw season is short.
Missouri sits well within the pawpaw's native range, and its nurseries and festivals make trees and fruit easy to come by. Forrest Keeling Nursery in Elsberry and Stark Bro's in Louisiana ship pawpaw trees, and the EarthDance Organic Farm School in Ferguson keeps an orchard and hosts the Ferguson Pawpaw Fest. Missouri pawpaws ripen from late August into early October, and the full season lets most varieties ripen well.
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1Ferguson Pawpaw Fest (EarthDance Organic Farm School)
Annual, September harvest; 2025: September 20, 8am-noon (2nd annual).
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Forrest Keeling Nursery
Online retail pawpaw orders are farm-pickup at Elsberry; wholesale RPM grower (17 pawpaw cultivars) ships nationally to the trade.
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Missouri Department of Conservation State Forest Nursery
State seedling program; native pawpaw seedlings at nominal cost, online ordering roughly February to May, Missouri residents prioritized.
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Missouri Wildflowers Nursery
Missouri-native plant nursery; pawpaw stocked seasonally with waitlist when out.
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Stark Bro's
13 pawpaw varieties listed, currently out of stock (seasonal).
PricingFree shipping on orders $99+
Online
2 Ships
Budde Farms (Etsy)
Family-run Etsy shop selling 10-count packs of fresh pawpaw seed harvested from the Missouri Ozarks, shipped with tracking.
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PerennialCropShopUS (Etsy)
Etsy shop (Perennial Crops Nursery LLC); 2-year pawpaw seedlings from improved parent trees; ships year-round as available.
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.
Want to plant your own?
To grow pawpaws in Missouri, see where to buy pawpaw trees — specialty nurseries that ship across the US, plus how to choose grafted versus seedling trees. Plant at least two genetically different trees so they can cross-pollinate. You can also check whether pawpaw grows where you live.
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