If you want to eat a pawpaw, you’ve got to be quick. Pawpaws, or “hillbilly bananas,” have to ripen on the tree, which means they usually fall to the ground when they are ready. “One of the funny, key ...

WBOC's Charles Paparella says if you were not aware of his devotion to the wild paw paw tree, then welcome to WBOC. Every fall he goes paw paw crazy. He looks back on a decade of devotion.

There is a fruit that grows on farms in 40 states. It's native to much of the Eastern U.S., and it even has its own song. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "WAY DOWN YONDER IN THE PAW PAW PATCH") BURL IVES: ...