FREE: Ocoee Seed

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Ok, I call them Ocoee, the name given to the fruit by the Native Americans. The Ocoee River was named after this fruit and I grew up eating them.There are several varieties of this fruit and it is often called may pops, passion flower, or vine apricots. This is not the variety that grows out west. This variety has larger fruit and the taste is a little more tart. It grows on a vine and will climb trees, as is in the picture I took. The fruit is green, the size of an egg, and it turns yellow when ripened, not red.The flower from this plant is beautiful and is the Tennessee State Wildflower. The jelly I made from this fruit is totally awesome, tastes just like the fruit without the hassle of the seed. I like it so much Im planting this vine all over my property in hopes of having a bigger yield next year.
Loves fence rows and edges of pastures. Grows in sun or partial shade. These seed come from vines growing on either side of a lane leading to an over 100 year old homestead, probebly planted by the woman who lived there. Organic, natural, pure Appalachian.
This auction is for twenty seed.

I make jelly and jams out of unusual fruits I collect in the wilds. The jelly I made from this fruit is by far the most unique and best tasting jelly I've ever made. It's like sinking your teeth into an ocoee with no hassle of the seeds, just a mouthful of that sweet fruit. I have an all out war going on at my place over everyone trying to steal my few jars I managed to make, Im having to hide it. Never had anything that tasted like this. As a child I was always excited to find a ripe ocoee. The taste of this jelly brought back sweet memories. Wish I had enough to share with all that wanted it. I'm out looking now for more fruit. Next year I hope to have a bunch planted so I don't have to hike so far and wide and hunt them down. It's like going on an Easter Egg hunt, only they are good at hiding.