Garvey's Plum

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Garvey's Plum
Maturity midseason
Growth habit indet.
Leaf type regular
Fruit color pink
Fruit shape heart
Fruit size medium
Fruit type slicer
Variety type
Country

B.C KO T

Indet. plants with regular wispy foliage and fair yields of large pink heart-shaped fruits that can grow up to 22 oz, excellent taste, meaty flesh with very few seeds. Often produces double hearts. Not a plum, despite the name.

Seed source:

Bill D. McAlevey, Massachusetts 05 / NC LE C (Craig LeHoullier of Raleigh, North Carolina)

Year grown: 2008 (crop failure), 2009

Location: Zone 7b, PNW, Anmore, BC, Canada (760 ft above sea level)


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80 days, indet., regular leaf plant with a fair yield of 0.50-0.75 lb fruit with very good taste.
Source 
NY MA C 97 (Carolyn Male of Latham, New York) / NC LE C 93 (Craig LeHoullier of Raleigh, North Carolina)

Location: Oblong, Illinois


History

  • Developed by a tomato enthusiast James Garvey of Pennsylvania, who originally called it 'Spanish Plum'. James Garvey shared the seed with Craig LeHoullier who lived in Pennsylvania at that time.

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