Garretson Persimmon

Garretson appears consistently on lists of recommended American persimmon cultivars alongside Meader, Early Golden, John Rick, and Prok, also documented in this database. Real grower testimony from the Home Orchard Society's own forums specifically singles it out by name as an outstanding performer — one experienced grower calling it their single favorite fruit tree and reporting it as genuinely superior to Early Golden in their own growing conditions. It is commonly and specifically paired with Szukis, also documented in this database, as a pollinator, based on older research by breeder Jim Claypool showing that the specific male tree used for pollination has a real, measurable effect on the resulting fruit's flavor.