The American Paw Paw Tree

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Welcome to "The Amateur Naturalist".
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Your host is Tommy Fowler. I have a biology degree from The University of Kentucky and a high passion for the outdoors.
I have been in retail management for many years, and I am currently a Human Resources Senior Field Trainer. In this role, I teach, train, coach and develop many associates to be future leaders with our awesome company. In this position, I speak very often one-on-one and in large meetings to associates teaching many aspects.
With my love of the outdoors and my speaking skill set, I want to talk about and hopefully educate people on nature, wild animals, and plants.
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This is Episode #2 of Season #1 and today's podcast is about "The American Paw Paw Tree".
In this episode we will discuss these topics about the Paw Paw Tree:

• Genus/Species name
• description of the tree, the leaves, the flowers and the fruit
• how people eat the fruit
• why it is so hard to grow the tree agriculturally for the market
• animals and butterflies that eat the fruit
• Ohio Paw Paw Festival
• Tiny bit of history

Thank you so very much for listening today and please give me a rating of 5 stars.
The short music intro and outro is:
"Hickory Hollow" by Dan Lebowitz. I love his music and thanks Dan!