rockguy Hatfield

You or your neighbors must have at least one large tree producing the pods.

Someone said "tomatoes need bumble bees". I wonder if you would expand on this. Tomatoes are for the most part, self-pollinating.

All the above-ground parts of the wild Maypop, (passiflora) can be dried and used as a very calming tea.

Spock, we are talking about Sweet Potato, an Ipomea, not the Irish potato. The process is about the same and would work for many vegetables that have both sugar and starch in the roots.

Len, I hear ya! My "good knives" don't get used as much 'cause I have to use them and hide them or find them in a drawer with all manner of knife-dulling implements.

If wild lettuce is growing in full sun, the leaves turn to face the sun as it moves across the sky. Does it do that?

BB: Those are the best ideas I've seen presented here.

I'll bet it makes a good-looking jam!

I don't have a clue on the variety. If it's a seedling it is a new variety anyway. What color is the flesh?

I'd say plum. It has the stonefruit bark and leaves, but the fruit distribution on the tree is more like a plum, cherries having the long stems, etc. Have you tasted them, raw or cooked?