Wilson Pawpaw

Wilson is documented as a wild selection recovered from Black Mountain in Harlan County, Kentucky, around 1985, with at least one source attributing the discovery specifically to John V. Creech — though this attribution comes from a secondary variety-database source rather than a primary USDA or Kentucky State University publication, so it should be treated with some caution pending better sourcing. Wilson is also, separately and more reliably, documented in real, published Kentucky pawpaw variety trial data (University of Kentucky and KSU research farms), where it is recorded as a relatively small-fruited cultivar (under 100 grams average) grouped with Middletown and Rappahannock. It achieved a notably strong 100% survival rate in Pawpaw Regional Variety Trial testing at Corvallis, Oregon, and is documented as an unusually heavy, reliable annual producer, with some trial data reporting up to 130 fruits from a single mature tree — genuinely useful traits even though individual fruit size runs smaller than many other named cultivars.