Collection Status: Cultivar is present at AFFN
Planted on Mar 24, 2021
Common Name: American Persimmon
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Geographic Origin: Amherst, New York
Finder/Creator: John Gordon/George Slate
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Notes: Persimmon was a 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. It is a favorite persimmon for cooking and eating out of hand. Ripens long before frost. Prok is a portmonteau name of Persimmon Rick Kreidler. Bred by Dr. George Slate, IIRC. Selected by John Gordon from trees of George Slate.