Diospyros virginiana – Iowa Arboretum South (female)

Collection Status: Cultivar is present at AFFN
Planted on Nov 07, 2023

Common Name: American Persimmon
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Notes: Large fruit with very good flavor and very cold-hardy.  Original tree is from the Iowa Arboretum near Ames, IA, about 200 miles NW of the persimmon’s native range.  Fruit is pale yellow when ripe. Possibly Josephine, per Fruit Tree Ninja Arjan, possibly even Hershey Fruit Dump