← pawpaw
trademarked name
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.
Where to find it
- Peterson Paw Paws the trademark holder