I know for me personally, they are only ripe for a very short time.  And by the time I get back to the woods where I find them, the animals have already decided to harvest them for themselves.  

Just like morel mushrooms, there is a very short harvest season and people are pretty protective of where they find them.  

I never thought Paw paw is the most fruit Americans look forward to buy

ladyluck

Officially they are _Asimina triloba_.  Or Hillbilly Mangos, or Kansas Bananas.  They are delicious.

https://www.nps.gov/articles/pawpaw.htm

They grow out your way too.

And my father is a Pawpaw too.



WTF is a paw paw? In Tennessee that's a grandfather! 🤣

TNStacker

Bypass paywall - https://archive.ph/jxG6C