“You Can Graft a Persimmon Tree?!?”

We worked hard this morning gardening on our property, so we decided to get lunch at the Cason VFD barbecue fundraiser.

We had some great food (best beans in memory!) and met many interesting folks. A nice lady introduced herself, saw our very dirty Carhartt clothing, and asked, “What have you been up to today?” Roger smiled and replied, “I’ve been grafting persimmon trees.”

She was perplexed. “You can graft persimmon trees? Why would you want to? For the deer?” What ensued was a ten-minute conversation on trees, luscious persource, simmons, grafting, and what is ailing the trees in her yard. Ten minutes is not enough time to discuss persimmons, so we’ll continue the learning here, since that nice lady probably subscribes to this newspaper.