Crab Apple John Hershey SelectionJohn Hershey is famous in the tree crop world for his nursery work and experimental plantings back in the early and mid 1900s. His nursery was known as Americans number one tree crops nursery. John worked to collect seed and scion wood from trees with superior qualities all across the country. He grew out seedlings and grafted trees on his farm in Downingtown PA. Sadly after his death the farm was not protected and much of it has been destroyed to

Persimmons are slow growing and therefore not often used as lumber but their wood is amazing

We love to make chocolate black walnut cookies with acorn flour

Asian persimmon trees are typically smaller trees while the American species can reach heights of over 60 feet

His the trees have stood the test of time

There just was no comparison

That is not the end of the story however

Willow Oak - BARE ROOT

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provides fertility to plants

The trees are almost two feet tall

I was pretty interested but the magic really happened when they cracked the nut open

All of our seed this year (2025) came from several patches growing at Pandoland outside of Raleigh NC