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Pawpaw: The tastiest native fruit you’ve never heard of

Etowah Meadery owner Blair Housley visits his pawpaw patch at his Lumpkin County property Wednesday, July 10, 2019. Housley uses the fruit from pawpaw trees to make a mead at his Dahlonega Meadery. - photo by Scott Rogers

07122019 PAW 1.jpg — Etowah Meadery owner Blair Housley visits his pawpaw patch at his Lumpkin County property Wednesday, July 10, 2019. Housley uses the fruit from pawpaw trees to make a mead at his Dahlonega Meadery. - photo by Scott Rogers

When Blair Housley opened Dahlonega’s Etowah Meadery in 2017, he had enough pawpaw to create 40 gallons of mead.