Diospyros virginiana 'Early Golden' (American Persimmon)

One of the best American Persimmon Varieties, Early Golden American Persimmon has 1-1/2″ diameter fruit that becomes very sweet and deep orange when ripe, with a delicious taste not unlike dates.

One of the best native American fruits and hardy to minus 25 degrees F. These hard-to-find, grafted varieties produce bountiful crops of delicious, light-orange fruit. American Persimmon fruit is ready to eat when it is soft like a tomato and is great for fresh eating and for making delectable cookies, cakes, and other treats. American Persimmon trees are easy to keep 10-12 ft in height with pruning.

They like full to half day sun and can grow on most soils. These varieties are partially to fully self-fertile but all will bear heavier crops with a male persimmon for pollination. Naturally pest and disease resistant, the American Persimmon varieties can produce 30 lbs. or more of fruit and often begin bearing the 2nd or 3rd year after pla