a berry pie without any sugar but what’s already in the berries shouldn’t be too bad.

Wolves have been observed to subsist on almost exclusively blueberries during the height of the season in Yellowstone, so I’d say the glyphosate residue in the flour is much more of a risk than whatever fruit is in the middle.

Ah. I thought that you were implying that the post was off-topic. Never mind.

And I think that information about a possible neurological basis for the dysfunction that allows for mass insanity to take hold in the first place is relevant, no?

As meaning dry summer? Oof. Those droughts are the worst. Here’s a quick-and-dirty list. For the sake of easy management, I won’t list any vines or short-lived plants. Trees and shrubs and palms only. This is by no means exhaustive. No guarantees of accuracy.

More Suitable

Depending on the exact temperatures and precipitation at your site, as well as the soil, these would probably do well.

• Adansonia digitata (savanna / dry forest)
• Anacolosa frutescens (mixed forest)
• Annona senegalensis (savanna / gallery forest)
• Antidesma bunius (mixed forest)
• Breynia androgyna (humid forest edge)
• Byrsonima crassifolia (savanna / open woodland)
• Canarium schweinfurthii (rainforest or gallery forest)
• Carissa macrocarpa (open woodland / scrub)
• Chrysophyllum lacourtianum (semi-deciduous forest)
• Citrus hystrix
• Citrus japonica
• Citrus × latifolia
• Citrus × limon ‘Improved Meyer’*
• Citrus × nobilis*
• Citrus × sinensis*
• Cordiera sessilis (gallery forest / savanna woodland)
• Dillenia indica (evergreen rainforest or gallery forest)
• Ficus carica* (dry forest / savanna)
• Flacourtia indica (dry forest)
• Garcinia xanthochymus (humid forest)
• Limonia acidissima
• Mangifera indica*
• Morinda citrifolia
• Morus macroura
• Mouriri guianensis (rainforest, mixed forest, savanna)
• Myrciaria tenella (seasonal forest)
• Pometia pinnata (open woodland / gallery forest)
• Pouteria gardneriana (gallery forest)
• Pouteria macrophylla (coastal moist forest)
• Pouteria venosa (savanna / dry forest / moist forest)
• Sclerocarya birrea subsp. caffra (dry forest / savanna woodland)
• Sonneratia caseolaris (tidal muck)
• Spondias dulcis (secondary forest / dry forest)
• Spondias purpurea (secondary forest / open woodland)
• Syzygium samarangense (rainforest or high water table)
• Terminalia catappa (dry forest / mixed forest)
• Ximenia americana (dry forest / scrub)
• Ziziphus mauritiana* (dry forest / savanna / scrub)

More Questionable

These plants might be suitable depending on the specific climate conditions at your site. Some of them would not do well with too much rain in the wet season, while others would always require irrigation in the dry season. Some of them could survive the climate just fine, but fruiting is questionable due to the wet and dry seasons being inverted. Many more plants native to Aw regions could probably be included here, but these seem (potentially) more suitable for dry summers.

• Alibertia edulis (savanna / open woodland)
• Allagoptera arenaria (sand dunes / scrub / coastal forest)
• Allagoptera caudescens (savanna / open woodland)
• Annona squamosa* (secondary forest / open woodland)
• Ardisia compressa (humid forest)
• Artocarpus heterophyllus* (rainforest / gallery forest)
• Canarium album (mixed forest)
• Ceratonia siliqua (dry forest)
• Dovyalis caffra (savanna / scrub / open woodland)
• Eugenia luschnathiana (deciduous forest / open woodland)
• Flacourtia jangomas (mixed forest)
• Genipa americana (moist forest / gallery forest)
• Inga spectabilis* (moist forest / gallery forest)
• Malpighia emarginata (moist forest)
• Manilkara zapota* (moist forest / gallery forest)
• Morus alba
• Nauclea xanthoxylon (high water table)
• Nephelium lappaceum (moist forest)
• Nephelium ramboutan-ake* (moist forest)
• Opuntia ficus-indica (open drylands)
• Plinia cauliflora × aureana
• Porcelia macrocarpa (secondary/seasonal moist forest)
• Pouteria grandiflora (secondary/seasonal moist forest)
• Punica granatum (steppe / dry forest)
• Syzygium aqueum (moist forest / gallery forest)
• Syzygium jambos (moist forest / gallery foret)
• Vangueria madagascariensis (open woodland)

* highly recommended if your conditions are suitable

Without knowing where you are, I can’t recommend any seed/plant sources, but feel free to ask for more information about any of the plants that I listed. I also recommend these resources for information about food forests, especially in your climate.

You should have plenty of space if you can plant in the park! Public fruit trees are a great community service, and if you tell the park people that you want to plant native trees, they’d be foolish to say no. More fruit for you, more fruit for the birds, more fruit for anyone smart enough to harvest it, less grass and prickly stuff, more shade in the heat of summer. Everyone wins. Including the people at the persimmon nursery. :)

There’s never enough space! Have you looked into nearby lands where you could guerrilla plant some things? At least you got some pawpaws planted already. That’s probably the most important thing.

Do you have plum blight in your area? Something to be aware of if planting native Prunus species. If you don’t have problems with fungus there, then I definitely recommend Prunus americana.

I also second the suggestion of Diospyros virginiana. I’ve heard praise of the ‘Meader’ cultivar in particular.

Are you familiar with Amelanchier laevis? It should be native to Ohio.

Which Köppen-Geiger or Trewartha climate zone? USDA hardiness zone 13b could be the Brazilian Amazon or the southern coast of Tamil Nadu or somewhere in Somalia… If I recommend mangosteen, and you live in Somalia, then I’m complicit in the death of the queen. Specific climate info please!