Bare Necessities...or The Pawpaw Tree!

In the animated film version of the "Jungle Book", Baloo, the bear, sings a song with a phrase about picking fruit of the Pawpaw Tree.  I never thought much about this tree as I had assumed that we did not have any around here but now I find that we just might.  I was out meandering around back behind the peach orchard when I came across a small seedling that had a cluster of small fruits hanging dangerously low to the ground.  I thought to myself, "Any critter would have an easy time making a snack of those fruits!"  I bent down to eye the fruit..this sure looked familiar.  Wondering just what my type tree this little sapling would grow up to be, I came back to the Little Bayou House to do a bit of research.  With my pictures in hand, I scoured the internet.  All leads pointed to the Pawpaw Tree.  Michael cut open one of the tiny, immature fruit and the seeds were a perfect match with the arrangement of seeds in the Pawpaw fruit!  Granted these might never develop into the nice size pomes that folks eat but I am not worried much about that.  Having fruit would just be an added benefit to owning Pawpaw Trees!

Can anyone give me a positive identification of this sapling?  Is it a Pawpaw Tree?

What interested me was the bark and leaves of this tree.  I had heard several years ago that extracts from the Pawpaw Tree can be used as a natural pesticide for everything except the Zebra Swallowtail butterfly.  Even the deer avoid eating this tree!  While reading all of the information, my brain wheels were just a-turning!  This could possibly be the answer to the massive bug problem in my garden!  All I need is a way to extract the juices from the leaves and twigs..perhaps boiling?  Anyway, it is so worth a try if this can eradicate even a few of the many, many insects that have taken a liking to my plants!

The immature fruit on the sapling.  This was a single fruit, most are in clusters of five or more!

After reading a ton of information, I went out back to count my possible Pawpaw Tree saplings!  In one area near the mulch pile, there were a good fifteen or twenty young trees just about two feet tall.  I scanned the area and never found a large tree.  Could these trees have been transported here as seeds mixed in with the mulch?  The "Mulchman" told me that there was no telling just what was mixed in the truckloads he brings as he just hauls the stuff.  It does seem a mite strange that a whole grove of trees the same size would suddenly spring up without any adult trees in the area.  Well, it matters not..I am just happy that the little trees decided to call the woods behind the house their home!  Perhaps with this mess of trees, I will benefit it two ways..free, natural insecticide and fruit!  Only time will tell..only time will tell!