[Augie]

pawpaws are already sold out.

#1 Marine Daughter works for the conservation department and she wasn't able to get any pawpaw seedlings this time.

Some years they simply don't have a large quantity of certain varieties.

I'm determined to get a pawpaw orchard established and it's looking like I'll have to pay out the yaya and buy them from Stark Bros to make it happen.

[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

Augie; The state probably sells pawpaw grown from seed which will probably produce seedy wild pawpaw. Thats fine for the squirrels and raccons and opposums, but the advantage of the cultivated varieties would be larger fruit with less seed and probably more or better taste.

This grower develops them and sells them through garden centers and nurseries. I think Sugar Creek gardens in St.Louis is one of them.

https://www.petersonpawpaws.com/

Good luck!