Sep. 27—The pawpaw fruit. Green, pear-shaped, backed by a natural history of tens of millions of years and the largest native fruit in West Virginia. Some folks find it to have a smooth, tropical ...

POWHATAN COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — Powhatan State Park’s Pawpaw Festival is returning in September, bringing with it two running races, vendors, music and other festivities. Ever heard of a pawpaw?

The pawpaw—which, odds are, you’ve never heard of—has a bit of magic about it. The fruit is hard to find and harder to transport. With its sometimes-mottled green exterior, custardy flesh, and lima ...

Hours before his flight back home from D.C. was scheduled to take off, Chris Schaaf was in the middle of a Virginia forest, shaking a tall, leggy tree, hoping it would relent. It had taken a group of ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X When people think of foods native to the Baltimore area, a few readily come to mind: Crabs, of ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Pawpaws are the fruit of a hardy understory tree native to parts of the U.S. They used to be everywhere, ...

It’s tropical fruit season for West Virginia and the rest of the Northeastern United States -- or really just those few weeks in September and October where people go crazy for pawpaws. They are the ...

On a wooded hillside along the banks of the Allegheny River, Gabrielle Marsden brushed up against an oblong leaf: Asimina triloba. The American pawpaw.The deciduous tree bears North America’s largest ...

Pittsburghers Preserving Pawpaw Trees, Some Hope It Will Lead to More Zebra Swallowtail Butterflies On a wooded hillside along the banks of the Allegheny River, Gabrielle Marsden brushed up against an ...