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Rappahannock

A named pawpaw cultivar.

The record

Parentage
not recorded
Origin
Neal Peterson · Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
Rights
trademarked name — Sold as Rappahannock™ by Peterson Pawpaws. A trademark application was filed 10 January 2010.
Also known as
Rappahannock™

Description

A Peterson selection, named for the Virginia river. Peterson chose river names deliberately, on the reasoning that the rivers carry Indigenous names and that Native Americans were the original pawpaw growers and eaters.

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