WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- The pawpaw tree, which bears the largest fruit native to North America, may bear new fruit for scientists seeking ways to fight cancer. Purdue University researcher Jerry ...

The flowers of the male pawpaw tree contain both the male organ- the stamen - and a pistil- the female organ. However, the pistil is not functional hence the tree cannot produce fruits.

Let me introduce you to Asimina triloba, the pawpaw tree. Also known as Hoosier banana, poor man’s banana and false banana, the sadly underused fruit tree will transport you to the tropics ...

With its branches poking out of a drawstring bag, a potted plum tree accompanied ... pollen produced on a given tree to ...

Labhsetwar’s current research involves integrating perennial crops in Agroforestry practices. He is working to establish an orchard of Pawpaw trees at Grow Food Northampton, a community farm, which ...

PROVIDENCE − Rhode Island residents can once again get free trees as part of a program to save energy and lower utility bills, the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management announced.

Since its discovery last year, the papaya mealybug has spread across Darwin, impacting a range of host plants such as papaya, ...

At Grow Food Northampton, Piyush is growing Kernza among a small grove of pawpaw trees to see how effectively both plants grow together. “I chose to plant pawpaws because they are the largest ...

Today, Mt. Joy Orchard is also home to plum, pear, peach, cherry, elderberry and paw paw trees, more than 100 trees total. The orchard is still mostly apple trees, though, most of which are now ...

In contrast to the gloom outside, the apartment — which Lee Vasquez shares with her two sons, Vasco, 12, and Esteban, 11, and a pair of parakeets, Peggy and Pegasus — was lush with potted ...