STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Under normal circumstances, paw-paws start dropping — literally — in New York right about now. But the massive amounts of rain have put a crimp in the 2021 growing season for ...

We’re nearing the end of fruit season in Michigan -- the apples are coming in hot (in some cases, literally hot, as in hot cider), but there’s another fruit that is native to Michigan that is in peak ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Mother Nature of the Northeast finally delivers the paw paw starting this week. These green, mango-shaped fruits might be referred to as the "forgotten fruits." This harvest ...

As the folk song lyrics go, when asked where “pretty little Susie” is, the answer is “pickin' up paw-paws, puttin' 'em in her pockets, way down yonder in the paw-paw patch.” A little-known fruit, the ...

Late summer and early fall might not seem like a very tropical time in Missouri, but it is the best season to find one of the last remaining pieces of the state’s tropical past. I’m talking about the ...

There is nothing like ice cream made from fruit that you pick yourself. Most of the fruit found at the grocery store isn’t native to Illinois, but an import introduced centuries ago from Eurasia, ...

OWOSSO — Bill Nash pulls back a cluster of narrow, dark green leaves as long as his palm to reveal a cluster of Michigan’s largest and perhaps least-recognized native fruit: the pawpaw. Pawpaws — ...

September in Ohio brings not only cooler temperatures, but the ripening of a special fruit called the pawpaw. It's North America's largest native tree fruit. Ohio University scientist, Rob Brannan ...

Persimmons grow slowly, are fairly easy to maintain and put on lots of bright, orange fruits in the fall. (Randy L. Rasmussen) Dreaming of a fresh fruit harvest from your own yard? Many fruits grow ...

Paw paw can be described as sweet and delicious with a taste between banana and mango, with perhaps a note of pineapple or citrus. The flavor is delivered in fruit with a creamy custard-like ...