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  • From: "Dave Griffin" <griffingardens@earthlink.net>
  • To: "breen@fedcoseeds.com, North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] What is "Vine Peach"?
  • Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2006 13:20:40 -0600

Heron,
I fell for this one last year. Its closer to a cucumber than a cantaloupe
except for the weak aroma, and closer to a dill pickle than a peach for
flavor. Gets rotten just before ripe.

Dave
Zone 4a


> [Original Message]
> From: Heron Breen <breen@fedcoseeds.com>
> To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Date: 2/6/06 12:48:19 PM
> Subject: [NAFEX] What is "Vine Peach"?
>
>
> Hey recovering fruit and FOOTBALL nuts,
> I was looking through the usual suspect nursery catalogs this season and
saw
> something called "Vine Peach" being offered. Two different write-ups said
it had
> the flavor and look? of a peach but grew on a vine. Also was listed as a
native to
> the US. The picture was a poor hand drawn and colored round orange blob.
Are these
> nurseries selling passionflower or something related? Any guesses or
answers?
> Clueless and luckily enjoying a work sanctioned day-off the day after the
Super
> Bowl,
> Heron Breen
> zone 4, Maine
>
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