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Are you sure it isn't a rhododendron? I thought pawpaws set fruit further down the stem, not right at the end.
Perhaps one of the "Little Girl" series of hybrid magnolia. There are eight of them -- Ann, Betty, Jane, etc. I believe they typically bloom before the leaves emerge.
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