PA Golden 3 Description

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A popular pawpaw for growing in the pawpaw’s most northern range. Early ripening but of lower quality. Much better texture and taste than a PA Golden 1. Many of the newer varieties are much more worthwhile growing. Fruits can get very large, up to 1 pound (average around 6-12 ounces). 

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Trees are productive and cold-hardy. A popular cultivar in places like Ontario, New York, and Pennsylvania.

Pollination: A  seedling pawpaw or any other grafted or seedling pawpaw tree will pollinate. For good pollination, plant trees 8-15 ft away from each other only. Pawpaws are not male and female, but rather have “male and female” flower parts on each flower. Every tree is capable of bearing fruit if pollinated well with pollen from another genetically different pawpaw tree. Hand pollination results in heaviest fruit set.

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Resistant to: Pawpaws are generally remarkably disease and insect resistant. 

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Ripening: Early-Mid Season 

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Site requirements: Full sun location for best fruit production. Pawpaws will grow in shade but produce much less fruit. Pawpaws tolerate a range of soil types provided the planting location is well drained and there is heavy mulch and plenty of fertilizer and water. Protected locations, such as on the South, East or West side of a building is ideal on very windy sites.

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Size at maturity: 15-20′ tall and wide, depending on location, care and pruning to reduce height. We recommend heading them at about 10′ tall and removing suckers, both of which keep the trees very manageable and small.

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Pawpaws (Asimina Triloba) are related to custard apples and cherimoya, in the sugar apple family, and yet they grow in the temperate zone, having moved north as Ice Age glaciers receded. Flavours of mango, melon, banana, raspberry and pineapple come from this creamy fruit. Like many fruits, if you don’t know what you’re doing and you let them get bruised, or you pick them under-ripe they won't taste very good!

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Hillbilly Pawpaws offers many varieties such as: Hillbilly Pawpaw, Princess Pawpaw, Summer Delight Pawpaw, Halvin Pawpaw, PA Golden Pawpaw, Benson Pawpaw, Chappell Pawpaw, Caspian Pawpaw, Kentucky Champion Pawpaw, Honeydew Pawpaw, Cantaloupe Pawpaw, Marshmallow Pawpaw, Overleese Pawpaw, Creekside Pawpaw, Davis Pawpaw, Tropical Treat Pawpaw, Marias Joy Pawpaw, NC1 Pawpaw, Prima 1216 Pawpaw and many more.

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Flavour descriptions of pawpaws.