Description
IF INTERESTED IN BULK QUANTITIES OF SCION WOOD (30 CUTTINGS+) CONTACT US FOR A CUSTOM QUOTE.
AVAILABLE CULTIVARS:
Prok: Seedling from Cornell University breeding program grown out by John Gordon of Amherst NY. Produces very large fruit, ripens in late August here in Kentucky, has few seeds. Ripens long before frost in KY.
Keener: Produces exceptionally large fruit with delicious sweet flavor. Burbank introduction. Possible hybrid. PVA strain.
Kassandra: Hybrid persimmon proven cold hardy in zone 6 KY. Produces very large late-ripening fruits with large, round kaki (Asian persimmon)-like leaves.
Elmo (A-118): Exceptional flavor and production on a strong-growing tree. Mid-season, very large size fruit. Precocious and a consistent producer bears seedless fruit south of the Ohio River due to it being a 90 Chromosome persimmon. Introduction from the (late) James Claypool Breeding program.
Lehman’s Delight (100-46): From the Breeding work of Jerry Lehman of Terra Haute Indiana, one of his last introductions. Very large fruit, smooth flesh, clear pulp, and made to be loved. While not a large tree it is one of the heaviest producing persimmons. With very good flavor and smooth flesh, this fruit is all about taste.
J-59: Early ripening with medium sized very sweet orange fruits. Claypool introduction.
Barbra’s Blush (Ws8-10): Produces large fruit with excellent flavor. Heavy yielding Lehman strain.
Rosseyanka: American x Asian persimmon cross. Produces heavy yields of plump dark orange persimmons. Ripens late.
