Papa Pawpaw's Plants

Papa Pawpaw's Plants Papa Pawpaw sells perennial fruit, nut, and berry plants that will fit in most city yards. By appointment only.

ℙ𝕒𝕑𝕒 ℙ𝕒𝕨𝕑𝕒𝕨'𝕀 π•Œ-β„™π•šπ•”π•œ-π”Όπ•ž-π•Œπ•‘ π• π•‘π•–π•Ÿ 𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕀 π•₯π•™π•šπ•€ π•¨π•–π•–π•œ!3:00-4:30 Saturday & Sunday, September 5th & 6th4:00-5:30 weekdays this ...
09/05/2026

ℙ𝕒𝕑𝕒 ℙ𝕒𝕨𝕑𝕒𝕨'𝕀 π•Œ-β„™π•šπ•”π•œ-π”Όπ•ž-π•Œπ•‘ π• π•‘π•–π•Ÿ 𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕀 π•₯π•™π•šπ•€ π•¨π•–π•–π•œ!

3:00-4:30 Saturday & Sunday, September 5th & 6th
4:00-5:30 weekdays this week.

912 7th Avenue
Rock Island, Illinois
Map Link: https://maps.app.goo.gl/3imf362JNUqHpQut9

ᴾᡃʳᡏⁱⁿᡍ ⁱ˒ ⁱⁿ ᡗʰᡉ α΅‡α΅ƒαΆœα΅ α΅’αΆ αΆ  ᡗʰᡉ ᡃˑˑᡉʸ α΅’Κ³ ˑᡉᡍᡃˑ ᡖᡃʳᡏⁱⁿᡍ ᡒⁿ Λ’β±α΅ˆα΅‰ ˒ᡗʳᡉᡉᡗ˒. α΄΅ ᡃᡐ ᡃᡇˑᡉ α΅—α΅’ ʰᡃᡛᡉ ᡃ ˒ᡐᡃˑˑ α΅‡α΅ƒαΆœα΅ΚΈα΅ƒΚ³α΅ˆ α΅‡α΅˜Λ’β±βΏα΅‰Λ’Λ’ ⁱⁿ ᡃ βΏα΅‰β±α΅Κ°α΅‡α΅’Κ³Κ°α΅’α΅’α΅ˆ α΅‡α΅‰αΆœα΅ƒα΅˜Λ’α΅‰ ΚΈα΅’α΅˜ ᡃʳᡉ ⁿᡒᡗ ᡍᡒⁱⁿᡍ ᡖᡃʳᡏ ⁱˑˑᡉᡍᡃˑˑʸ ⁱⁿ ᢠʳᡒⁿᡗ ᡒⁿ ⁷ᡗʰ α΄¬α΅›α΅‰βΏα΅˜α΅‰ α΅’Κ³ ᡗʰⁱⁿᡏ αΆ α΅’Κ³ ᡃ Λ’α΅‰αΆœα΅’βΏα΅ˆ ᡗʰᡃᡗ ΚΈα΅’α΅˜ ʷⁱˑˑ ᡇᡉ ᡒⁿ ⁿᡉⁱᡍʰᡇᡒʳ'Λ’ ᡖʳᡒᡖᡉʳᡗⁱᡉ˒ α΅’Κ³ α΅‡Λ‘α΅’αΆœα΅ ᡗʰᡉ ᡃˑˑᡉʸ ᡉᡛᡉⁿ ΒΉ" ʷⁱᡗʰ ΚΈα΅’α΅˜Κ³ α΅›α΅‰Κ°β±αΆœΛ‘α΅‰.

I can only predict from weather conditions whether there will be a good pawpaw drop but I can't control it. I also can't predict how many people will show up. I am still small fry at this time with a portion of the trees just starting bearing. I wouldn't travel long distances with high expectations of mass quantities of fruit. All fruit has to be weighed out and paid by closing time. The wise decision is to be here at opening so you have a chance when someone else might think they have to get every pawpaw. I want every pawpaw that has fallen gone each day so don't think they won't be taken if you hesitate. I am not taking orders or holds for anyone.

Pawpaws are $5 a lb and you must bring your own buckets, boxes, flats, or tubs to transport your pawpaws home. I will post a map of the variety names in the section that has ripe fruit in the comments of this post. Be sure to select all comments to see them. I will also be posting the Orchard Rules in the comments.

Papa Pawpaw's U-Pick-Em-Up will have open hours this week! Tuesday, September 1 to Friday, September 44:00pm to 6:00pm91...
09/01/2026

Papa Pawpaw's U-Pick-Em-Up will have open hours this week!

Tuesday, September 1 to Friday, September 4
4:00pm to 6:00pm

912 7th Avenue
Rock Island, Illinois
Map Link: https://maps.app.goo.gl/3imf362JNUqHpQut9

ᴾᡃʳᡏⁱⁿᡍ ⁱ˒ ⁱⁿ ᡗʰᡉ α΅‡α΅ƒαΆœα΅ α΅’αΆ αΆ  ᡗʰᡉ ᡃˑˑᡉʸ α΅’Κ³ ˑᡉᡍᡃˑ ᡖᡃʳᡏⁱⁿᡍ ᡒⁿ Λ’β±α΅ˆα΅‰ ˒ᡗʳᡉᡉᡗ˒. α΄΅ ᡃᡐ ᡃᡇˑᡉ α΅—α΅’ ʰᡃᡛᡉ ᡃ ˒ᡐᡃˑˑ α΅‡α΅ƒαΆœα΅ΚΈα΅ƒΚ³α΅ˆ α΅‡α΅˜Λ’β±βΏα΅‰Λ’Λ’ ⁱⁿ ᡃ βΏα΅‰β±α΅Κ°α΅‡α΅’Κ³Κ°α΅’α΅’α΅ˆ α΅‡α΅‰αΆœα΅ƒα΅˜Λ’α΅‰ ΚΈα΅’α΅˜ ᡃʳᡉ ⁿᡒᡗ ᡍᡒⁱⁿᡍ ᡖᡃʳᡏ ⁱˑˑᡉᡍᡃˑˑʸ ⁱⁿ ᢠʳᡒⁿᡗ ᡒⁿ ⁷ᡗʰ α΄¬α΅›α΅‰βΏα΅˜α΅‰ α΅’Κ³ ᡗʰⁱⁿᡏ αΆ α΅’Κ³ ᡃ Λ’α΅‰αΆœα΅’βΏα΅ˆ ᡗʰᡃᡗ ΚΈα΅’α΅˜ ʷⁱˑˑ ᡇᡉ ᡒⁿ ⁿᡉⁱᡍʰᡇᡒʳ'Λ’ ᡖʳᡒᡖᡉʳᡗⁱᡉ˒ α΅’Κ³ α΅‡Λ‘α΅’αΆœα΅ ᡗʰᡉ ᡃˑˑᡉʸ ᡉᡛᡉⁿ ΒΉ" ʷⁱᡗʰ ΚΈα΅’α΅˜Κ³ α΅›α΅‰Κ°β±αΆœΛ‘α΅‰.

I can only predict from weather conditions whether there will be a good pawpaw drop but I can't control it. I also can't predict how many people will show up. I am still small fry at this time with a portion of the trees just starting bearing. I wouldn't travel long distances with high expectations of mass quantities of fruit. I'm closing at 6pm so you have to be weighed out and paid by then. The wise decision is to be here at opening so you have a chance when someone else might think they have to get every pawpaw. I want every pawpaw that has fallen gone each day so don't think they won't be taken if you hesitate. I am not taking orders or holds for anyone.

Pawpaws are $5 a lb and you must bring your own buckets, boxes, flats, or tubs to transport your pawpaws home. I will post a map of the variety names in the section that has ripe fruit in the comments of this post. Be sure to select all comments to see them. I will also be posting the Orchard Rules in the comments.

π•Œ-β„™π•šπ•”π•œ-π”Όπ•ž-π•Œπ•‘ ℙ𝕒𝕨𝕑𝕒𝕨𝕀 π•”π• π•žπ•šπ•Ÿπ•˜ π•€π• π• π•Ÿ π•šπ•Ÿ β„π• π•”π•œ π•€π•€π•π•’π•Ÿπ••, π•€π•π•π•šπ•Ÿπ• π•šπ•€!Of the 77 named varieties of pawpaw I've planted about 20 tree...
08/31/2026

π•Œ-β„™π•šπ•”π•œ-π”Όπ•ž-π•Œπ•‘ ℙ𝕒𝕨𝕑𝕒𝕨𝕀 π•”π• π•žπ•šπ•Ÿπ•˜ π•€π• π• π•Ÿ π•šπ•Ÿ β„π• π•”π•œ π•€π•€π•π•’π•Ÿπ••, π•€π•π•π•šπ•Ÿπ• π•šπ•€!

Of the 77 named varieties of pawpaw I've planted about 20 trees are old enough to have at least a light crop so for the first time I'll be offering U-Pick-Em-Up Pawpaws at Papa Pawpaw's Plants for $5 a lb. They have been dropping a few a day for the last week and a half and we are expecting 90Β°F plus temps later in the week so I am predicting them to start dumping a lot more fruit.

It's going to be small fry and hard to predict not only exactly when the trees will peak drop but how many people will show up on a given day so I wouldn't drive 3 hours with high expectations or get upset if you do that against my advice because the pawpaws do what they do when they decide to do it and the humans in the equation are like herding cats. I'm expecting to have 200 fruit fall on days no one shows up and 15 people show up when only 3 fruit fall. Treat it with that expectation and we'll all be happier.

To help you make predictions everyone is going to want to show up on Saturday and Sunday and a lot less will want to show up on a Tuesday. Will it work out like that? You have to ask the other cats because I don't control them and I learned a long time ago that if I make appointments with people I would be a rich man betting against if they'll actually show up and all I do is put a lot of time and effort into making appointments and waiting for people to not show up.

As for the fruit, when it's cold and cloudy not many fruit drop and when it is hot and sunny they like to go crazy with it. Three days of 60Β°Fs might have only a couple fruit and then the sun breaks through the clouds for an hour and it's 90Β°F and it suddenly gets ridiculous with fruit. That should help you a little with your predictions.

I will try to announce every day on my page my predictions for fruit availability but it is only a prediction and I still can't tell you how many others might show up. Just take it casual and please don't flood my messenger with texts or ring my phone off the hook. I do not sell seeds or ship fruit and I only sell grafted trees in May for local pickup and they sell out quickly and I do not take orders. If you have to absolutely know things I can only guess at maybe you should find a pawpaw U-pick that is closer so your risk of being disappointed is mitigated? In a couple years I will have a lot more trees at bearing age and have more mature trees in full production and be better able to serve the masses but right now I'm just coming into production and will have some limited availability so if that fits you follow my page and await instructions.

I'm thinking of having open hours in the evening like 4-6 pm during the week and early afternoon on the weekends. If you might make it out please comment with what are the best hours for you so I can try to accommodate the most people while keeping in mind when fruit tend to fall the most and when wildlife is most likely to get them if they are left laying on the ground.

you might want to interact with this post or other posts on my page to be kept informed.

08/29/2026

Video on American persimmon fruit (Diospyros virginiana). The video shows Asian persimmons a bunch of times while talking about American persimmons but it's still worth a watch.

I'll have 36 different grafted superior varieties of American persimmon available next May.

A native Carolina mantis (Stagmomantis carolina) protects the pawpaw trees at Papa Pawpaw's Plants.
08/23/2026

A native Carolina mantis (Stagmomantis carolina) protects the pawpaw trees at Papa Pawpaw's Plants.

These are the superior varieties of persimmon I grafted this year that will be for sale in May of 2027. I'm in Rock Isla...
08/21/2026

These are the superior varieties of persimmon I grafted this year that will be for sale in May of 2027. I'm in Rock Island, Illinois and I don't ship so please don't create work for me answering texts by texting me. Sales are in person in a pawpaw orchard and that is when I answer questions. See you in May!

These are the superior varieties of pawpaw I grafted this year that will be for sale in May of 2027. I'm in Rock Island,...
08/19/2026

These are the superior varieties of pawpaw I grafted this year that will be for sale in May of 2027. I'm in Rock Island, Illinois and I don't ship so please don't create work for me answering texts by texting me. Sales are in person in a pawpaw orchard and that is when I answer questions. See you in May!

Someone in Western Illinois won the $1.04 billion Powerball jackpot...*AI is completely unable to render a botanically c...
08/13/2026

Someone in Western Illinois won the $1.04 billion Powerball jackpot...

*AI is completely unable to render a botanically correct image of an Asimina triloba (pawpaw) fruit so just imagine that this image is a lottery winner with a vast pawpaw orchard and a mountain of pawpaws.

I spent 4 hours trying to get AI to not revert to its global image data sets of "tropical fruit" that it says is it's limitation by giving it photos I took of pawpaws and asking it what prompts I should use to get it to render images of this fruit. Anyway it is frustrating and AI also can't seem to make an American persimmon like those that can grow where I am in northwest Illinois and can only render Asian persimmons that can't grow where I am located and look different.

I asked for a log of how much resources I used:

πŸ’§ Session Resource Footprint

β€’ Electrical Energy Consumed: 0.25 to 0.35 kWh (Equivalent to playing a standard home video game console for 1.5 hours).

β€’ Water Resources Displaced: 600 to 800 milliliters (Roughly 1.5 standard plastic water bottles).

My power company MidAmerican Energy generates 95.9% of the electricity it sells to its retail customers from wind.

Google AI told me that most of the water used goes back to the atmosphere and the rest is discharged back into waste water treatment systems. If the AI data center was located where I am on the Mississippi River we have already gotten 4" of rain this week as I write this post on a Thursday and we are expecting another 3 to 5 inches by the end of the week. Water is not a scarce resource here but is probably more of an issue in other places where AI data centers are located.

08/11/2026

Papa Pawpaw visits the raccoons on Credit Island on the Mississippi River in Davenport, Iowa.

Pawpaw trees celebrating the 250th Birthday of the USA at Papa Pawpaw's Plants in Rock Island, Illinois on July 4, 2026....
07/05/2026

Pawpaw trees celebrating the 250th Birthday of the USA at Papa Pawpaw's Plants in Rock Island, Illinois on July 4, 2026.

Pawpaws are native to the Eastern United States and were grown by the author of The Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson, and Revolutionary War general and first president, George Washington. You can't get much more American than that!

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