Hi Adam, the area where i live Puna, is the largest papaya growing area in the USA. Yes Hawaii is part of USA believe it or not! All the papayas here have had the vom bred out of them. They are exported to mainland USA and Japan, where consumers are very picky and prefer not to eat vom. HAHAHA So all the solo types are quite tasty: sunrise, sunset, waimanalo, and kapoho.
Oscar
I hear a few folks around FL have nice varieties, but they don't share seeds I guess!!!
Papaya is hard to share with tissue culture going on!!
I'm on the hunt for the one!!! sweet melon taste, with benign barf flavor.
YES, Hawaii is USA, but the miles of ocean around between us, and your time zone, culture
, plus the late arrival into statehood, all make for a seemingly exotic, foreign, and less connected state from USA...in my opinion...I'd be scared to live on island
!!! So u see what kind of pansy grower I really am!