We’re nearing the end of fruit season in Michigan -- the apples are coming in hot (in some cases, literally hot, as in hot cider), but there’s another fruit that is native to Michigan that is in peak ...

As the folk song lyrics go, when asked where “pretty little Susie” is, the answer is “pickin' up paw-paws, puttin' 'em in her pockets, way down yonder in the paw-paw patch.” A little-known fruit, the ...

Have you ever heard of the pawpaw tree or its fruit? No? Well, same, until today. The pawpaw tree is native to Ohio and is in fact extremely common, according to the Ohio Department of Natural ...

Paw paws (Asimina triloba) are a survivor from when North America was warmer. They are the only temperate zone tree in a tropical family. You can see that their leaves and large fruit have that jungle ...

Everyone has their own signals of impending autumn. One friend buys pumpkin and Oktoberfest beers when they start hitting stores in late July because he wants to believe that fall is right around the ...

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: ...

Roda Ogake a paw paw farmer checks some of her fruits at her Riosiri home in Kisii County. [Sammy Omingo, Standard] Growing up in an African home, I noticed that whenever one had digestive distress, ...

PAW PAW, Mich. (WOOD) — Heading south on M-40, you’ll pass a sign welcoming you to the village of Paw Paw. It features a regal cluster of grapes. It makes sense, considering Paw Paw is one of the ...

One local group in Davidson County is checking in on residents to make sure they keep safe from the heat. A coalition of religious groups, a Tennessee landlord, and a Tennessee resident whose ...