A field guide to America's largest native fruit

PawpawMap

We're putting pawpaws on the map!

Mitchell Pawpaw

Wild and Heirloom

Mitchell is a Wild and Heirloom variety, bred by Selected from the wild by Joseph W. Hickman, Jefferson County, Illinois, 1979.

Size
Medium, about 4 oz (115 g)
Seed
Fleshy (~6-7% seed by weight)
Productivity
Productive, averaging about 60 fruit per tree at KSU
Notes
Slightly yellow skin with golden flesh and few seeds

What growers say

Mitchell is a wild pawpaw selected by Joseph W. Hickman in Jefferson County, Illinois in 1979. In Kentucky State University trials it carries golden flesh with few seeds and runs medium in size, averaging about 115 grams per fruit on productive trees that average around 60 fruit each.

Fruit: slightly yellow skin, golden flesh, few seeds. Fruit size medium; averaging 115 g/fruit and 60 fruit per tree at KSU.

Source

Drawn from grower discussions on growingfruit.org

Where to buy Mitchell pawpaw trees

1 nursery in the PawpawMap directory ships Mitchell pawpaw trees. Follow a seller link for their current stock.

Get notified when Mitchell is back in stock

Grafted pawpaws sell out fast. PawpawMap watches the nurseries that ship Mitchell and will email you the moment it returns to stock. One message per restock, unsubscribe anytime.

Double opt-in; your address is used for restock alerts only. See Terms.

Each line shows the date PawpawMap last confirmed that seller's stock. Spot a listing that is wrong? Tell us and we will fix it.

Nursery

Hidden Springs Nursery

Ships

Cookeville, TN

Bare-root mail-order ships November to April (dormant); pre-orders open ahead of the shipping window.

Pricing$25 to $26

Related cultivars

Wild and Heirloom

Overleese

Mid to late season, ripening the first week of October in Michigan

Rich, full pawpaw flavor; long valued as a benchmark variety

Wild and Heirloom

Sunflower

Late season, ripening the first week of October in Michigan

Sweet and pleasant; a widely grown classic

Wild and Heirloom

NC-1

Mid season, ripening in late summer to early fall

Sweet and full-flavored with an avocado-like consistency and little bitterness

Wild and Heirloom

Davis

Mid to late season, ripening the first week of October in Michigan

Good, mild pawpaw flavor

Wild and Heirloom

Taytwo

Late season, ripening around October 10 in Michigan

Mild, sweet pawpaw flavor

Wild and Heirloom

Pennsylvania Golden

Early season, ripening in late September

Classic, strong wild pawpaw flavor

Wild and Heirloom

Mango

Late season, September to October

Rich, candied-banana flavor with vivid orange-yellow pulp

Wild and Heirloom

Wells

Mid to late September

Reported sweet, but flavor and other traits are not authoritatively documented

Wild and Heirloom

Prolific

Late season, ripening the first week of October in Michigan

Sweet, yellow-fleshed fruit; sets heavily, often without hand pollination

Wild and Heirloom

Taylor

Late season, ripening the first week of October in Michigan

Mild pawpaw flavor; yellow flesh with green skin

Wild and Heirloom

Uncle Tom

Mid season, ripening mid-September in Indiana

Historic selection valued more for its place in pawpaw history than for documented flavor

Wild and Heirloom

Ketter

Early season

Mild but very rich flavor, neither insipid nor cloying; medium-yellow flesh

Wild and Heirloom

Dr. Potter

Late season

Mild flavor; rich yellow flesh

Wild and Heirloom

Buckman

Late to very late season

Mild flavor with white flesh

Wild and Heirloom

Wilson

Mid season, ripening in September in Kentucky

Sweet, banana-pear flavor with a custard texture

Wild and Heirloom

Halvin

Early season, ripening late August in Kentucky

Very sweet and smooth with no aftertaste and a hint of pineapple

Wild and Heirloom

IXL

Late season

Wild and Heirloom

Rebecca's Gold

Mid to late season, ripening September to October

Very sweet and richly flavored

Wild and Heirloom

Lynn's Favorite

Late season, ripening the second week of October in Michigan

Wild and Heirloom

Mary Foos Johnson

Late season, ripening the first week of October in Michigan

Wild and Heirloom

Sweet Alice

Late season, ripening in early October

Wild and Heirloom

Horn's White

Late season

Unusually white, creamy, very sweet flesh with coconut and cherimoya notes

Last updated

Spot an error on this page? Send a correction