If you want to eat a pawpaw, you’ve got to be quick. Pawpaws, or “hillbilly bananas,” have to ripen on the tree, which means they usually fall to the ground when they are ready. “One of the funny, key ...

WBOC's Charles Paparella says if you were not aware of his devotion to the wild paw paw tree, then welcome to WBOC. Every fall he goes paw paw crazy. He looks back on a decade of devotion.

We're days away from Halloween which means spooky spectaculars are picking up in Springfield. This weekend, the streets of downtown will be transformed into a scene right out of Halloweentown with the ...

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 ...

Burl Ives. side 1: Blue Tail Fly; side 2: Shoo Fly [track 1] Way Down Yonder in the Paw Paw Patch [track 2] (Decca 9-88140). 45 rpm. Side 1 was recorded in 1952. Side 2 was recorded in 1953.