There is nothing like ice cream made from fruit that you pick yourself. Most of the fruit found at the grocery store isn’t native to Illinois, but an import introduced centuries ago from Eurasia, ...

Right now, there’s a native, tropical-tasting fruit ripening in forests throughout the United States. The Asimina triloba, commonly known as pawpaw, is found from New York to Florida and as far west ...

NEW ENGLAND FRUIT. I TYPICALLY CARRY SEEDS WITH ME, AND IF I FIND A PLACE THAT’S LIKELY, THEN I PLANT SOME SEEDS THERE AND, YOU KNOW, HOPE THEY’LL SPROUT. TED. LENGER IS A MODERN DAY JOHNNY APPLESEED.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Under normal circumstances, paw-paws start dropping — literally — in New York right about now. But the massive amounts of rain have put a crimp in the 2021 growing season for ...

There is a fruit that grows on farms in 40 states. It's native to much of the Eastern U.S., and it even has its own song. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "WAY DOWN YONDER IN THE PAW PAW PATCH") BURL IVES: ...

It's called the Michigan banana and tastes like a cross between a banana and a mango. While the Mitten is a powerhouse for things like apples and cherries, it's also home to a lesser-known but highly ...

PAW PAW, Mich. — It’s harvest season for Michigan’s native fruit — the pawpaw — now hanging ripe and ready to pick. In the Village of Paw Paw people pick and eat pawpaw's from trees and locals call it ...

Many of us know that go-go music and D.C. go together, but few know about the long term connection between D.C. and pawpaw fruit. You may be saying to yourself: “pawpaw fruit, what’s that?” Well, it’s ...