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Sunflower
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Sunflower is a widely planted named pawpaw with large fruit, few seeds relative to some wild types, and sweet yellow flesh that made it a backyard and small-orchard standard. Flavour is classic pawpaw—tropical custard—when soft-ripe. Trees can set fruit with other cultivars nearby for pollination in many sites. Ideal for first-time growers and market samples of pawpaw. Process surplus into frozen pulp immediately at peak. Avoid hard green fruit; it will not develop full aroma.
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Sunflower was selected and shared among pawpaw enthusiasts for large sweet fruit.
Nurseries popularised Sunflower as a reliable named pawpaw cultivar.
Festivals and orchards featured Sunflower in tasting line-ups.
Sunflower remained one of the most planted pawpaw cultivars in the US.