Don Johnstone wrote:

with the Junior, and is that problem in fact worse to the extent that
there is no recovery? We cannot know for sure but there is evidence that
points that way.

Yes, we can and do know. The Puchacz as well as the Junior have been
frequently flown in aerobatics contests. To my knowledge, no Puch nor
Junior has been spun into the ground during a contest. So they do
recover. More, they even do recover forseeably and precisely, otherwise
they wouldn't be flown in contests.