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Meet the Indiana Jones of Pawpaw
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Meet Neal Peterson, the Indiana Jones of pawpaws. He was so moved by the taste of pawpaw that it became his life’s work.
There were improved pawpaw varieties in the early 20th century—but the fruit fell into obscurity.
Peterson dug through the literature to uncover past pawpaw breeding work, and then set out to track down lost varieties for use in his own pawpaw breeding work.
About Pawpaw
Peterson says that in the wild, pawpaws are an…
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