Elmo American Persimmon
Both Beautiful & Delicious
Coming out of James Claypool’s breeding work, Elmo produces heavy crops of deliciously sweet fruits with vigorous growth and beautiful yellow-orange foliage.
Price range: $54.99 through $74.99
Both Beautiful & Delicious
Another favorite coming out of the breeding program of James Claypool, “Elmo” is a beautiful edible landscaping choice boasting an impressive upright spreading growth with lots of vigor and attractive yellow-orange foliage providing strong color in the Autumn.
It reliably produces a heavy crop season after season and is known for its vigor, production and disease-resistance. The deliciously sweet, soft fruits are said to be some of the largest American persimmons on the market today. Also a Chromosome 90 American persimmon, “Elmo” will produce seedless fruits south of the Ohio River, making it a fantastic choice for those needing to process large amounts of fruit.
- Out of the James Claypool breeding program
- Vigorous growth
- Strong Autumn color
- Heavy producer
- Disease-resistant
- Largest American persimmon fruit
- Chromosome 90 American persimmon
- Seedless when grown south of the Ohio River
- Ripens/Drops mid Autumn-early Winter (October-December)
USDA zones: 5b-9
Spacing: 15-20 foot centers
Grafted onto: Diospyros virginiana (Native American persimmon rootstock)
Other Considerations: Grafted American persimmons do not require a second cultivar for cross-polination. (This means that you do not need to buy two trees with different names.)
Beautiful Beginnings persimmons have highly-developed and extensive root systems that set your tree up for success from the very beginning by helping it to anchor well and grow vigorously with proper care.
All persimmons are shipped dormant and bareroot in the Spring.
