England's Orchard and Nursery


Persimmons

American persimmon (Diospyros virginiana)
Astringent GRAFTED.
Small 12 to 24 inches tall $20.00: Medium 2 to 3 feet tall $25.00: Large trees 4 to 6 feet tall $35.00.

  • Garretson - Large (1.75 to 2.00 inches), sweet and firm fruit, loses the astringency quickly and will ripen on tree.
     
  • Meader - A Large (2 1/4 inches) fruit from New York, very sweet nearly seedless fruit that can be eaten straight from the tree when ripe. Tree is very productive and has very large ornamental leaves.
     
  • Celebrity U20A - Crystal clear fruit, nearly seedless, with the texture of Kaki persimmon. Rated very high for disease resistance and very high for the quality of fruit. Closest to a kaki as you can get with the cold hardiness of Virginiana Selected from the James Claypool planting.
     
  • Early Golden - Large sweet fruit with large seeds and very good flavor. Can be self fertile. Meader also is a good pollinator. Hardy to zone 4. Small and medium size only.
     
  • Elmo (A-118) - From the Claypool breeding program, orange fruit with no black spots on the skin larger than a golf ball fruit. It has an unsurpassed flavor. Small and medium size only.
     
  • H63A Claypool - Very heavy producer of disease resistance fruit. Has large weeping crown-not a strait up grower-with a hint of cinnamon flavored fruit. Low amount of seeds with nice light orange colored fruit. Small and medium and large size
     
  • J59 Claypool - Similar to H63A but with a deep orange colored fruit. Is a very upright grower, drops fruit earlier. Excellent for puddings and pies, but best known for its aroma to attract wildlife.
     

Asian Persimmon (Diospyros kaki) - These very fine persimmon have been tested and selected for many years. They select over many others for the taste, size and cold hardiness.
18 to 24 inches tall $25.00; Medium 2 to 3 feet tall $30.00; Large size available

  • Hokkaido - Diospyros Kaki Persimmon. Cold hardy in zone 6, has never had freeze damage here in Eastern Kentucky. Hokkaido is a natural dwarf. At 8 years old this tree is only 6 feet tall and 5 feet wide and is a natural fruit producing male to use as a pollinator for other trees too. Fruit shape is conical shaped like an acorn, bright orange with a blush of red, smooth flesh and is very slow to lose astringency, fruit size is 3.5 inches across by 5 inches long. Cold hardy Zone 6.
     
  • Shin Na Da - D. kaki Persimmon. Conical shaped yellowish orange fruit. Ripens mid-September. When tree ripens at picking time, fruit will be non-astringent on the tree, very firm and ready to eat. Tree has vigorous upright growth habits and will bear fruit in 3 to 5 years. Fruit is 3 inches across. Cold hardy Zone 6.
     
  • Rojo Brillante - Just off the post entry quarantine list, this very large fruit developed in Spain has a conical fruit shape like Hachiya persimmon. The fruit, when rip, is very firm and sweet and quickly loses the astringency. The best for taste and color. Has a deep orange color with red blush. Zone 7
     
  • Sung Hui - Early, sweet, juicy flavor, orange when ripe. Vigorous dwarfing tree. Flat shape, quad lobed. Good fall foliage color. Fruit ripens when soft. Zone 6. Small and Medium size available.
     
  • Kyung San Ban Si - Develops an upright, round-headed tree with a strong trunk. The leaves are showy, large dark green; Fruits are 2" to 3", deep orange, soft when ripe and of exceptional flavor. Zone 6. Small and Medium size available.
     
  • Rosseyanka -Virginiana X Kaki persimmon, A Russian hybrid and is a development of Nikitsky Botanical Gardens of Yalta. Large fruit 2 to 3 inches that is nearly seedless and tastes like Kaki persimmon, has been evaluated and grown in the USA for nearly 10 years. Recorded to withstand temperatures down in -20s in January 1996 in Indiana. Is very winter hardy. Cold hardy to Zone 5.

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