{"id":148066,"date":"2021-01-29T07:19:10","date_gmt":"2021-01-29T13:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.redfernfarm.com\/?post_type=product&p=148066"},"modified":"2026-07-22T15:12:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T21:12:08","slug":"persimmon-american-scion-wood","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/redfernfarm.com\/index.php\/product\/persimmon-american-scion-wood\/","title":{"rendered":"Persimmon, American Scion Wood – Closed"},"content":{"rendered":"

Note: scion wood is\u00a0NOT a \u00a0tree<\/strong>
\nWe offer high quality scion wood for grafting at $5\/stick (8 inches). Quantities of some varieties are limited. Scion wood will be carefully labeled and shipped early spring. Call or email for clarification about shipping times. Some scion wood will be shipped while actively growing for green-wood grafting. Detailed grafting instructions are also available on our website at Helpful Info\/Grafting.<\/a><\/p>\n

Because of quarantines and\/or distance we do not ship to the states of\u00a0 Hawaii, Florida, California, Alaska, Oregon and Washington.<\/p>\n

Deadline for orders<\/span> March 31<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Persimmon, American<\/strong>: (all varieties below are female unless noted otherwise)
\n100-45\u2014<\/strong>large fruit, similar to 100-46 (AKA Lehman’s Delight).
\n100-46 (<\/strong>AKA\u00a0Lehman\u2019s Delight)<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014very large fruit, excellent flavor, very late ripening
\nA118 (AKA \u2018Elmo\u2019<\/strong>)\u2014Large fruit, heavy bearing, and excellent flavor
\nDollywood<\/strong> \u2014Very large fruit, excellent flavor, spreading tree form.
\nEarly Golden<\/strong>\u2014A very old variety, discovered in the 1880s, but still regarded as the best tasting persimmon by many.\u00a0 It produces some male flowers, so it can pollinize itself and other persimmons.\u00a0 Often used in breeding
\nH118 (<\/strong>AKA\u00a0Early Jewel<\/strong>)\u2014Still under evaluation
\nH120<\/strong>\u2014 “AKA Claypool” Very large fruit, excellent flavor
\nH63A <\/strong>\u2014Very large fruit with excellent flavor.
\nI-94 (<\/strong>AKA\u00a0Valeen Beauty)<\/strong> \u2014 Large fruit, clear, red-orange flesh, excellent flavor.
\nIowa Arboretum\u00a0 South<\/strong> (female)\u2014Large fruit with very good flavor and very cold-hardy.\u00a0 Original tree is from the Iowa Arboretum near Ames, IA, about 200 miles NW of the persimmon\u2019s native range.\u00a0 Fruit is pale yellow when ripe.
\nJenny\u2019s Early<\/strong> –\u00a0 large, sweet, early-ripening fruit, often producing without a pollinator (though less vigorously)
\nLena<\/strong>\u2014Medium fruit with red-orange flesh, exceptional flavor, late ripening
\nMorris Burton<\/strong>\u2014Medium fruit size, exceptional flavor
\nOsage<\/strong>\u2014Medium sized fruits, excellent flavor, heavy bearing, early ripening (Not available 2026)
\nProk<\/strong>\u2014Largest of all American persimmons, excellent flavor, heavy bearing
\nSzukis<\/strong>\u2014Male tree, good pollinizer, produces small quantities of small but tasty fruit
\nWapello<\/strong> (female)\u2014Very late ripening\u2014November\/December\u2014of small fruit, but extremely heavy bearing and fruit hangs on the tree all winter, with a little bit dropping every day until March or April.\u00a0 A great wildlife tree, but also the seedlings make especially vigorous rootstocks.\u00a0 Grafted trees on these rootstocks are twice as productive compared to grafted trees on \u201cordinary\u201d rootstocks.
\nWapello<\/strong> (male)\u2014Pollinizer for the exceptional Wapello seedling rootstocks\u00a0 (Not available 2026)
\nWS-810 (<\/strong>AKA\u00a0Barbara\u2019s Blush)\u2014<\/strong>very large fruit, excellent flavor
\nYates (<\/strong>AKA Juhl)<\/strong>,\u2014 very large fruit, excellent flavor, heavy bearing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Note: scion wood is\u00a0NOT a \u00a0tree We offer high quality scion wood for grafting at $5\/stick (8 inches). Quantities of some varieties are limited. Scion wood will be carefully labeled and shipped early spring. Call or email for clarification about shipping times. Some scion wood will be shipped while actively growing for green-wood grafting. Detailed … Continue reading Persimmon, American Scion Wood – Closed<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":24,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[27],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-148066","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-scion-wood","product_shipping_class-scionwood","first","outofstock","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-variable"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/redfernfarm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/148066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/redfernfarm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/redfernfarm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redfernfarm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148066"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redfernfarm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/redfernfarm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redfernfarm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=148066"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redfernfarm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=148066"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redfernfarm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=148066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}