A Pawpaw Primer
Aug 13, 202618mEp. 150
Dr. Kirk Pomper at Kentucky State University discusses the cultivation and uses of the pawpaw, the largest edible fruit native to North America.
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Dr. Kirk Pomper at Kentucky State University discusses the cultivation and uses of the pawpaw, the largest edible fruit native to North America.
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Scott Simon
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John U. Bacon
author of The Gales of November
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John U Bacon
author of The Gales of November
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Dr. Kirk Pomper
Kentucky State University
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Dr. Lee Bidgood
East Tennessee State University
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Rachel Garnett
Feeding Southwest Virginia
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University of North Carolina Pembroke
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Dr. Jane MacMorran
East Tennessee State University
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Dr. Paul E. Stanton, Jr.
East Tennessee State University
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Vanderbilt University Medical Center
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East Tennessee State University
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