tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635163323560816578.post8587287894899451306..comments2024-03-07T03:31:30.922-05:00Comments on Writing in the Blackberry Patch: BIG POTATOES AND THE WEST VIRGINIA BANANAJanet,http://www.blogger.com/profile/17796999156668844943noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635163323560816578.post-41395722751963632202009-04-15T20:22:00.000-04:002009-04-15T20:22:00.000-04:00I haven't seen a pawpaw for years. But, I do like...I haven't seen a pawpaw for years. But, I do like them. I am growing yukon gold potatoes for the first time this year. I like the little new potatoes with green beans.Glorianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635163323560816578.post-60808328869227814872008-10-18T04:49:00.000-04:002008-10-18T04:49:00.000-04:00Max,So glad you got to stop by and make a comment....Max,<BR/>So glad you got to stop by and make a comment. Liked your story about Keifer's Knob.Janet,https://www.blogger.com/profile/17796999156668844943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635163323560816578.post-47460386055614679272008-10-18T00:59:00.000-04:002008-10-18T00:59:00.000-04:00Hello Janet. I still like paw paws. When I was ver...Hello Janet. I still like paw paws. When I was very young I would go up on the hill and gather them when they were in season. I made many trips up to Keifer's knob in Wetzel county.The paw paw trees grew in a small group near the path on the way to the knob. They grew almost at the top of the woods. Just past them, an an old unused overgrown road cut a line through the trees. Beyond this road a strip of trees and brush lined the perimeter of a field. It always seemed to me those paw paw trees barely survived beneath the canopy of tree tops. But, anytime I went there in the fall I found enough paw paws to eat while there and still fill my jacket pockets, carrying a couple in my hands to take home. if they were taken too soon I'd lay them out in the sun to ripen. Anyway, just beyond the line of taller trees the field ran woward the knob. It always had a few cattle grazing. I remember being careful to know where the bull lazed when I crossed the field in order to gain the highest lookout point in the area. This we called the knob. Keifer's knob allowed a good veiw of the Ohio River valley and Paden Island near Paden City, WV.<BR/> Also, we had a paw paw tree when we lived outside of Evans on John King hill, and I wish I'd known more about the Paw paw tree's pollinating ways, well, maybe not.<BR/><BR/> I still like them and will eat them when I get the chance. Don't you all know potatoes will make you fat.<BR/><BR/>MaxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635163323560816578.post-21135257335114471382008-10-14T23:49:00.000-04:002008-10-14T23:49:00.000-04:00Well, Janet I have eaten pawpaws many years ago, b...Well, Janet I have eaten pawpaws many years ago, but after reading Matthew Burns'comment I don't think I like them any more,yuk. I still like the potatoes though.Verahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17462556457063528302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635163323560816578.post-39567836062793939112008-10-14T18:49:00.000-04:002008-10-14T18:49:00.000-04:00Hello. I'm with the majority. I have never had a...Hello. I'm with the majority. I have never had a paw-paw but I love potatoes. Potatoes are my favorite food. I can eat them any way and any time of the day!<BR/>I did enjoy reading about the paw-paw's and potatoes.Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06770073277120261681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635163323560816578.post-65516246052149308282008-10-14T08:47:00.000-04:002008-10-14T08:47:00.000-04:00Never eaten a Pawpaw-only sung about them! But I l...Never eaten a Pawpaw-only sung about them! But I love your big taters.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635163323560816578.post-2379907652134097612008-10-13T20:09:00.000-04:002008-10-13T20:09:00.000-04:00Janet--Wow! First let me comment on the paw-paws,...Janet--<BR/>Wow! First let me comment on the paw-paws, and the potatoes! I have never eaten a paw-paw and really didn't know much about them. I really enjoyed reading about them on your post. I'd love to come across a tree in the wild. I love persimmons. Oh, and the info from Matthew Burns here in the comments was really interesting too! Also, those are some HEFTY red potatoes! Will make some good eating. <BR/>And I have to tell you, at first I didn't notice that you have gone back to my older posts and made a comment on Mogollon Rim. But I just looked at it, and find it interesting what you had to say about Zane Grey's first book, and about the woman it is about. I would LOVE to read it, and also see your picture book about her. It really sounded fascinating. I'm very much "into" history as I suppose you gathered from my early posts, and also into literature. Glad you enjoyed seeing the cabin. Thanks for "looking backwards" on my blog!A Colorful Worldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06890388727784255219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635163323560816578.post-21643922513829601312008-10-13T16:45:00.000-04:002008-10-13T16:45:00.000-04:00Hi Jan,I don't think I've even tasted a paw paw. ...Hi Jan,<BR/>I don't think I've even tasted a paw paw. I always thought I wouldn't like them and wouldn't even try them. I'd much rather have potatoes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635163323560816578.post-86712722161985874372008-10-13T12:54:00.000-04:002008-10-13T12:54:00.000-04:00Good post. I love pawpaws. Did you know that paw...Good post. I love pawpaws. Did you know that pawpaw blossoms aren't pollinated by birds or bee's? Instead, the blooms smell like rotting meat and are pollinated by flies and beetles. <BR/><BR/>Pawpaw's have a very low pollination rate when compared to other fruit tree's and bushes, and thus can have lower yields of fruit. Many people who grow pawpaw's actually lay rotting meat underneath the tree's so more flies will come and pollinate the pawpaw blooms.<BR/><BR/>Very interesting, I think. I don't know of any other fruit that is produced in this manner.<BR/><BR/>You wouldn't know that the pawpaw is pollinated by blow-flies when you taste it. They are oh-so good.<BR/><BR/>MatthewMatthew Burnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02625103538582649633noreply@blogger.com