Papayas, America's latest fruit craze, are under threat from climate change

Papayas, America’s latest fruit craze, are under threat from climate change

Every September for the past 25 years, thousands of people have descended on a field in southeastern Ohio to celebrate North America’s largest native edible tree fruit: the papaya. With creamy yellow flesh that tastes like a cross between a mango and a banana, papayas are eaten raw, worked into sauces and chutneys, or brewed …

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