Who's Growing Improved American Persimmons? Suggestions welcome!

[Audi_o_phile]

Please don’t get me wrong, I recognize that there is a true cost to bringing something to market, I am just not willing to pay that much for those specific trees.

@Audi_o_phile

While I do feel that there are companies that are listing their trees at (seemingly outrageously high) prices that are not in keeping with the going rate, I have a new appreciation for all of the labor time (and resulting cost) that is involved in successfully bringing a tree to market.

@Audi_o_phile

Add to that the cost of the nursery labor for grafting/layering/whatever propagation method they utilize, overhead for the property that they operate on, and all of the numbers add up pretty quickly. That recognition has helped to tremendously soften the blow that my pocketbook felt.

[Edit] I recognize that with the time that they said they spent to develop these varieties there will also be those additional costs factored in to what they are charging.