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  • From: Lawrence London <lfljvenaura@gmail.com>
  • To: mailing list at ibiblio - Northamerican Allied Fruit Experimenters <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Cc: Devin Smith <dvidedevo@yahoo.com>
  • Subject: Re: [nafex] Maypops
  • Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2022 14:49:23 -0700

On Sun, Aug 14, 2022 at 2:36 PM Devin Smith via nafex <
nafex@lists.ibiblio.org> wrote:

> Always great to see this list still alive!
> Having recently erected a fairly large high tunnel here in SE Vermont,
> I’m eager to try my hand at growing some ‘marginal’ (for this climate)
> fruiting plants. One I’ve always wanted to try growing is Maypop-
> Passiflora incarnata.
> Are any of you growing Maypops successfully in a northern locale, and if
> so do you have any recommendations in terms of genetics / strains to seek
> out? Might anyone have root sprouts of known good performers to share ?
> I’m glad to try my hand at growing some out from seed as well. I see that
> the Experimental Farming Network is trying to do some crowd-sourced crop
> improvement and selection. Perhaps I’ll try to get involved. I’d love any
> advice or germplasm anyone here might have to offer.
> Thanks,
> Devin SmithRockingham, VT
>

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I have some wild maypops fruiting out at the edge of a wooded area on my
property. It has been here for decades and always seems to come back each
year.
When it is ripe I will try it.

LL
Chapel Hill NC

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