It seems as though Just Fruits and Exotics is all out of pawpaws, are there any other good sources for Florida/Gainesville/"Southern" varieties? I've got a small Mango and Shenandoah from Logees, but would like to acquire a few others.
Mango I believe is the only mainstream variety I’ve seen purporting to do well in the south.
The way I see it, then, the source of your trees is immaterial.
I have had bad luck with bare root mail order pawpaws but my experience is limited to 2 trees. I probably didn’t do them any favors by crowding the roots and not shading them, however.
The trees were very large and healthy - Nolin River Nursery in Kentucky.
Hidden Springs Nursery in TN has been doing pawpaws for a long time. They probably have the brand new KSU Chappell if you ask. Highly recommend this one. I have not ordered through the mail from them but local pickup. Good grafts and good roots.
G2gardens.com (Missouri) sells trees from Forest Keeling which uses a root pruning method and I believe ships with the potting medium intact, which would be ideal. One Green World is way out in Oregon but I assume does similar method. They have the new Peterson cultivar.
Keep us posted!
How are your trees from Logees doing?