And after cutting down many pawpaw trees with a blunt cane knife over the
years,

Be careful with common names. In this country pawpaw is Asimina triloba. Better
stick to calling it papaya.
Look at the confusion the name cedar causes.

I finally saw a picture of your new Wollemi "pine."
Almost as ugly as its cousin, the Norfolk Island pine,
which of course does not detract from its botanical value.
Iris,
Central NY, Zone 5a, Sunset Zone 40
"If we see light at the end of the tunnel, It's the light of the oncoming
train."
Robert Lowell (1917-1977)

In article , Iris Cohen
writes
I finally saw a picture of your new Wollemi "pine."
Almost as ugly as its cousin, the Norfolk Island pine,
which of course does not detract from its botanical value.

Seems to be a matter of taste. I've only seen the one Norfolk Island
Pine in the wood (it's a glasshouse plant hereabouts), but I thought it
quite attractive.
--
Stewart Robert Hinsley