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MBN 1Gal Passionfruit 'Nancy Garrison'
‘Nancy Garrison’ NANCY'S PURPLE PASSIONFRUIT
this fast, easy variety has repeatedly proven to be either
daylength neutral or is very chill-sensitive as far as flower
initiation. It provides us with fruit all year here in our
production blocks. Similar strains are ‘Frederick,’ ‘Black
Knight’ and ‘Purple Possum,’ all of which vary in different
details but are often touted as being superior. In spite of
those I keep coming back to this variety as the most reliable
producer of good, high quality fruit. This variety originated
as a seedling I selected from plants grown from seeds sent to
the CRFG Seed Exchange by Nancy Garrison from the Santa Clara
UC Ag Extension Field Station. The parent donor plant
originated from cuttings taken from a very old, untended plant
found by Nancy in the yard of a farm house donated to the city
of San Jose. That original plant reportedly survived 25°F
without damage, and recovered quickly from the all-time record
low temperatures of December 1990 (~20F and lower), fruiting
by late spring or early summer of 1991 according to Nancy.
Brazil. This is actually a strain as opposed to a genetically
identical clone or cultivar as we've had to reselected this
several times again from seed ourselves in order to escape the
obnoxious and highly transmissible Carla Virus, which
definitely is detrimental to growth and fruit production, and
appears to almost ubiquitous in passionflower cultivars in the
trade. Very careful precautions and procedures must be
followed to stop or limit its transmission, most importantly
always using freshly cleaned and bleached clippers for any
pruning or cutting of any kind. Ever! Protect from frost, USDA
zone 9/Sunset zones 9, 16-17, 21-24. rev 1/2019