Growing Persimmons in Maryland

Growing Persimmons in Maryland | MD F&H

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Bill Preston was a man who loved persimmons. His passion for this unusual, bright orange fruit led him to devote years to researching and growing them. Using what he learned, he planted a 2 acre grove of trees in Owings, Maryland that became the northern-most, single-variety persimmon orchard in the U.S. While persimmons typically don't thrive in cooler climates, Bill's process of grafting the shoots of Asian persimmon trees to the roots of American persimmon trees led to an orchard that could withstand Maryland winters. After Bill passed away in 2019, his friends Sophie Kasimow and Seth Shames bought the farm and renamed it Preston's Orchard in his honor. They show us around the orchard during harvest time, and take a load of their fruit to a distributor, Number 1 Sons in Washington, D.C.
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@Vermont2023 4 ай бұрын

Beautiful story!! It is a love story in memory of the Great Preston. May his memory live forever!!

@dictionaryzzz Жыл бұрын

thats a fantastic thing to carry on his legacy....I plant a lot of rare and unusual trees and hope one day somebody will appreciate the trees I planted and continue to care for them. I have a couple persimmons myself which include Nikitas Gift and Meader.

@tnasr3254 2 жыл бұрын

One of the most underrated fruits in the US that's actually grown in the US, I was surprised how many people at work had never even heard of it, I have a Fuyu in my backyard

@blakespower 9 ай бұрын

see them in the grocery store all teh time but like most speciality items they are rotten usually and over priced same thing with Dragon Fruits

@dammitbobby283 5 ай бұрын

Those persimmons are HUGE! WE have 5 Persimmon trees and each year they are loaded full, but they are very small compared to this video. Deer love persimmons. Today I was going to go gather up a bunch of Persimmons that had fallen on the ground, to get the seeds and there wasn't a single persimmon anywhere, not one. I couldn't believe it, lol.

@bannguyen5057 4 ай бұрын

Deers only eat Persimmons’ leaves not the fruits!

@dammitbobby283 4 ай бұрын

@@bannguyen5057 Wrong.

@user-sc7zb2ll9i 3 ай бұрын

Simmons grow in Indiana and In southern areas . My mother said the old way was to let them ripen but never are they sweet unless there's a frost first this is when they would put a sheet below the tree and get a pole to gently knock or jar the tree so fruit falls to the sheet. My aunt once made persimmon pudding that was just right, not too sweet. The place was Nashville,Indiana . They knew about morel mushrooms and applebutter.

@51rwyatt Ай бұрын

I'm planting a bunch of American persimmons this spring up here in Maine. Super excited, although will take a while for fruit.

@MarylandFarmHarvest Ай бұрын

That is awesome! Let us know how they turn out!

@heppylifestyle Жыл бұрын

this is an AMAZING story. Bill Preston's work was fascinating to learn about ... and he was in the next county over! all that research. i hope to visit the current farmers some day soon. may get some scion and graft it, and keep Bill Preston's work going! we love Persimmon and feature them regularly on your youtube channel.

@arsan3719 Жыл бұрын

Love the fruit i like to go visit you farm one day . I currently have 500 trees in huntsville alabama.

@aabrotherscontractorsllc8095 9 ай бұрын

Wow I have one persimmon tree and I love this video

@gooddrugsfarm9105 2 ай бұрын

Beautiful!!!❤

@soonzach4017 Жыл бұрын

I am a new subscriber, love Persimmons a lot.

@kendradamm1428 7 ай бұрын

I ate these in Illinois when I was a kid. They are really good!! My great uncle Ferman grew them in his yard. He also had kumquats. ❤

@spaveevo 5 ай бұрын

It is amazing how many people have never heard of or tasted a persimmon even though they grow wild.

@DonPritch1850 Жыл бұрын

Amazing work, you two!

@roxananunez4238 Жыл бұрын

Love persimmons so much

@AceitoVentura 11 ай бұрын

5:54 I used to work in this warehouse they are standing in front of, as a matter of fact, we probably helped them with that shipment of persimmon’s(number 1 sons were above us on the second floor). I only watched this video to decide if I should grow persimmons and I think the universe just answered that question.

@mywildflower-theadventures313 11 ай бұрын

Wow, great video.

@obeyjesusorgotohell2480 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful Story ❤️

@tmtplybbuddy3950 2 жыл бұрын

Love it!

@josephjude1290 2 жыл бұрын

Great video; will they produce fruit in a large pot as well?

@Sh0-tyme 2 жыл бұрын

Interesting 🙏🏾

@rbbiefah Ай бұрын

Do you thin the fruit in the spring/early summer? How do you prune them?

@bannguyen5057 4 ай бұрын

Visiting allowed? When? Tickets or reservations? Do you sale your Persimmons? Happy New Year!

@vnxettitw4879 19 күн бұрын

Great story & legacy! What was the name of the Japanese persimmon? Couldn't quite catch it. Costco Houston sells them $30 & I picked up a few more today. Suruga & fuyu.

@nello8630 18 сағат бұрын

I think she said Gwang yang from Korea, it looks like the hana fuyu also known as giant fuyu.I picked what was labeled as suruga from garden center near fairmont and beltway 8.(south east Houston area.) It turned out to be a saijo. I have a hychiya, (bearing 4 years) saijo (second year bearing) a fuyu just planted in the fall (one fruit on it now) and a Giombo also planted in fall, no fruits, tree too small to allow anyway.

@AncientHippie 5 ай бұрын

What was that persimmon mentioned at 2:47?

@jazandriz 8 ай бұрын

Had a terrible problem with leaf curl in year 3 here in MD… still no fruit. Do you guys get it and what do you do about it?

@user-sp2yp7zp4h 3 ай бұрын

I'm a bit confused. I heard that when you grow more than one persimmon tree near by, they will pollinate each other and will develop seeds. If so, how do you do for your orchard with no seeds in your persimmons?

@saigon7565 Жыл бұрын

Our persimon tree has lots of young fruits fall off (approximately 100) each year and it's about 5 years old. We don't water it, and only fertilize it once around late November and once before Spring. Can you please let me know how to prevent it?

@alsdjfknbo Жыл бұрын

Stop fertilizing it. I pee on my trees. Natural nitrogen. And yes i'm being serious. I pee on mine. I read that its great for plants, because its natural healthier form of nitrogen, and if you don't want to its fine. But seriously stop adding extra fertilizer. I mean you have nothing to lose. You're already loosing your fruit. Might as well try that method. Also pinch off alot of the fruit when its super small. A 5 year old tree is still young. It probably can't handle all of the fruit it's trying to produce and on top of that you're damaging the roots by adding too much fertilizer. Fertilizer can easily burn the roots. So its a young tree and you're burning its roots twice a year.

@VladimirKelman Жыл бұрын

Better not to fertilize. Excessive nitrogen can cause falling off. Water it if there is the prolonged period of drought.

@richarddetriquet9642 Жыл бұрын

Do not fertilize or even mulch around the tree. Most Asian persimmons sold here are grafted on American rootstock which is generally a tree of woodland edges and old farm fields. Young trees need to be watered during periods of drought but do not need even that once established. Some varieties produce alot of fruit on alternate years. Better to judiciously thin fruit on those years so you get even production every year. I lost alot of fruit on my 5 Asian trees until I learned the dangers of fertilizing them. After years of growing I actually think the American cultivars while smaller are tastier.