Had a few paw paw trees here in Ohio. They are definitely banana tasting. Problem is they are like a slimy smooshed banana full of big seeds. They also have to be perfectly ripe and that lasts about 2 days.
Like a lot of different fruits - they just can’t be commercialized.
Some pears near my grandmother’s house were like this - if you were there on the right week... heaven.
“Had a few paw paw trees here in Ohio. They are definitely banana tasting. Problem is they are like a slimy smooshed banana full of big seeds. They also have to be perfectly ripe and that lasts about 2 days.”
We were going to try and grow Paw Paws. But a good friend who lives in Paw Paw country said it isn’t worth it. The main reason was flies, it takes lots of flies to pollinate them. And you have to hang bags of nasty stuff to bring the flies. Between that and the shelf life he said it just isn’t worth the trouble.