took this pic in morgan county tenn. locals describe this fruit as delicious and call it 'plum granny' (palmagranate?) fruit in this photo is not quite ripe and is said to turn yellow at maturity. this crisp shelled pod encases a white filamenty mesh which is pouching a full center of very palmagranate like seeds, i tasted one and it was like sour apple but are said to taste like melon when ripe. palmagranate is a small tree in a different climate and this is definately a vine, but the seeds are very similar and the rind has similarities. any ideas?
Plumgranny I.D. The picture of the plumgranny is what is also commonly called May-Pops. It is the fruit of the native passion flower (Passiflora incarnata). Hope that helps!
Plum Granny That ain't no "plum granny" as we know them in Kentucky. That's a passion flower and they are somewhat edible but not much worth the effort. They smell good though. What we call plum grannies grow on a vine like a cucumber or cantaloupe and taste somewhat between a cantaloupe and honeydew melon. They also smell good and are grown more for an oddity now than for their food value.
A botanical name for Queen Anne's pocket melon, Pomegranate melon, Plum granny is Cucumis melo Dudaim Group.
plum granny fruit (This is a link to an image of the PlumGranny. Another link to a web page offering a description and sale of the seed was included in the post. I moved that link to the sourcing plants forum. Eric La Fountaine) http://www.geocities.com/tn_crafts/plumgrannie_fruit.JPG
