Pawpaw

Hardy Banana Tree, Custard Banana. Greenish yellow, 3-5 inch fruit is almost black when ripe. 3-7 fruits per cluster. Weights 8 ounces. Soft, yellow pulp. Banana custard flavor. Eaten fresh or used in cookies, cakes, pies, preserves, puddings, ice cream. High in unsaturated fats, proteins, carbohydrates. Very high in amino acids. Multistemmed, deciduous thicket growing. Can be trained to 30 foot pyramidal tree. Drooping, oval, 12×4 inch dark green leaves. Yellow fall foliage. Fragrant, tulip shaped purple flowers. Pest and disease free. Lives 30-80 years. Native to rich, moist soil along shaded river bansk in central U.S. Thrives in the South, but subzero hardy. Zones 4-9.

Sunflower

Especially large, thick, sweet, flavorful fruits weigh up to 10 ounces. Few seeds. High protein content. Good source of vitamins and minerals. Flavor of bananas and texture of custard. Good fresh and in pies, puddings and preserves. Small, deciduous, pyramidal tree. Oval leaves, 5 inches long. Annual bearer. Pollinate with Davis. Ripens mid-late October. Zones 4-8. From Kansas, 1970.

Potomac

Large fruit weighs more than 12 ounces. Melting, smooth, firm, medium yellow flesh. About 4% seed by weight. Sweet, rich flavor, Upright growing tree. Medium productivity. Selected by Neal Peterson.

Davis

Fruit is 4 inches long with green skin and yellow flesh. Somewhat smaller fruit than sunflower, otherise similar. Ripens first week of October. Hardy to -30 degrees. Zone 4. Originally from Michigan 1961. Corwin Davis introduction.

Campbell Nc-1 (Canada’s Best)

Davis x Overleese cross by Doug Campbell. Hardy Canadian selection. Abundant production of large fruit weighing up to 10 ounces. Think Skin,. Delicious, sweet orange-yellow flesh weighing up to 20 ounces. Two varieties needed for fruit set. Ripens early. Zones 4-9.