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Growers of Hillbilly Fruit. Pawpaws and Persimmons.
THEY'RE AWESOME!
TROPICAL BANANAS GROWN IN THE UK!
They are also grown in the USA, Canada, and European Union.
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MANGO - BANANA - PINEAPPLE & TROPICAL FLAVOURS
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HIGHLY NUTRITIOUS, AN ARRAY OF VITAMINS
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GREATER THAN AVERAGE PROTEIN CONTENT
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EASY TO GROW WITHOUT PESTICIDES, OUTDOORS AS A BEAUTIFUL TREE
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PROUDLY LOCATED IN CHRISTCHURCH DORSET, THE UK'S FIRST PAWPAW AND PERSIMMON FARM
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We are passionate about promoting healthy eating and
helping other people grow their own organic fruit and vegetables.
We are a family run fruit farm located in Dorset, England.
We do not provide tours of our farm and do not sell our trees.
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Pawpaw Flower
Dormant, velvety, dark brown flower buds develop in the axils of the previous years' leaves. They produce maroon, upside-down flowers up to 2 inches across. The normal bloom period consists of about 6 weeks during March to May depending on variety. Each flower contains several ovaries which explains why a single flower can produce multiple fruits.
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Pawpaw Tree
Foliage: The dark green, obovate-oblong, drooping leaves grow up to 30cm long, giving the pawpaw an interesting tropical appearance. The leaves turn yellow and begin to fall in mid-autumn and leaf out again in late spring after the tree has bloomed. The pawpaw tree adds a tropical feel to any garden without overpowering the rest of the garden.
Premium Hillbilly Pawpaw Trees
These unique fruits are full of nutrition: high in vitamin C, magnesium, iron, copper, and manganese, and a good source of potassium, amino acids, riboflavin, niacin, calcium, phosphorus and zinc. They're a rarity in grocery stores because of their tragically short shelf life, grow on your own to experience the best flavour. Often described as a tropical blend of banana, pineapple and mango! In the springtime, dainty maroon flowers give way to huge, pale green fruits that can be harvested in early fall.
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Hillbilly Pawpaws and Persimmons is proud to have an exciting selection of high quality seedling and grafted trees with characteristics of two excellent world class parent trees. Our hand bred specimens and named varieties are bred to please with their unique flavor overtones. After many years of trials we have one of the largest pawpaw collections worldwide. Our trees are not for sale but we hope to inspire you and especially younger generations to explore and grow your own unique fruits!
ATWOOD PAWPAW
Fruits of the Atwood Pawpaw tree have a good, creamy texture, are sweet, yellow fleshed with a burst of tropical fruit flavour and fruity aroma. Heavy Producer of fruit. Ripens mid to late season in the UK.
Benson Pawpaw tree fruits have a good, creamy texture, are sweet, darker yellow fleshed with a burst of banana mango tropical flavour and fruity aroma. Heavy producer of fruit. Ripens early/mid season in the UK.
British Bulldog Pawpaw is a high quality pawpaw with a rich sweet taste. Ripens late in the UK, needs a sheltered warm spot in the garden. A high quality pawpaw.
A freestone, high quality pawpaw with a cantaloupe melon taste. Average pawpaw fruit is about 310 grams. Ripens Early in UK.
Nice size fruit 8 to 14 ounces with great flavour (very sweet, no after taste), has a fruit flavour. Ripens early in UK.
KSU Chappell is an impressive new cultivar developed by Kentucky State University. Outstanding flavour, texture, and beautiful, large fruits. Very fast growing. Formerly called KSU 4-1. Flesh is thick and custardy with an exceptional, exotic fruity aroma, honeyed sweetness and fruity flavour.
Fruit is 8 to 14 ounces. Great flavour (very sweet, no lingering aftertaste), has fruity flavour. Ripens early in UK.
Very reliable and productive, Davis Pawpaw bears large, high quality, sweet fruit. Not one of our earliest ripening varieties but mid season. In cooler areas we recommend one of the earlier varieties. A classic asimina triloba.
Halvin pawpaw fruit are 8 to 14 ounces. Halvin has great flavour (sweet, no after taste), has a hint of pineapple flavour. Original tree was growing as an understory tree. A native pawpaw fruit to be found in southwestern Iowa, USA. Ripens early in UK.
Freestone pawpaw with a honeydew melon taste. Honeydew Pawpaw's average pawpaw fruit is about 275 grams. Ripens early in UK.
Amazing pawpaw flavour and is a vigorous growing in the UK climate. Produces pawpaw that range in size from average to large. Ripens very early in UK.
Classic pawpaw taste with all the best attributes.
Kentucky Champion pawpaws are large and mouth watering tasty averaging about 230 grams. The seed-to-pulp ratio is good (about 8.3%). The skin is attractive and durable; it resists dark spots, bruising and other unsightly discolouration. The pulp is firm and lovely golden-orange in colour with a mango-melon-orange flavour with a pleasant smooth aromatic lingering aftertaste. No bitterness whatsoever, the texture is smooth but not at all mushy. Sweet with a subtle tartness that's been likened to pineapple or raspberry. A good candidate for climates that are challenged for growing-degree-days like in the United Kingdom. Ripens early in UK.
Maria's Joy Pawpaw is a winner of many Pawpaw Contests in the USA for flavour and size. A late ripening variety.
A freestone, quality pawpaw with very sweet melon taste. Grows easily and ripens early-mid season in UK.
This early ripening variety from Canada, NC-1 Pawpaw Tree produces abundant crops of large and flavourful fruit. NC-1 is valued for its high pulp to seed ratio which means more delicious pawpaw flesh in each fruit. Ripens early in UK. The NC1 produces very few fruit but of good quality.
Large, oval fruit with delicious, creamy, yellow-orange flesh, Overleese Pawpaw was selected by W. B Ward in 1950 in the wild in Rushville, IN. Ripens late.
Recommended for cool summer climates due to its early ripening habit. We do not recommended this for flavour or texture, there are much better varieties available.
Prima 1216 pawpaw trees as self fertile. You still need to hand pollinate between the flowers on the individual tree for fertilization. Excellent fruit but late ripening, there is a risk on it not ripening in cool summers or in northern areas.
Produces small to average size fruits however a fantastic flavour, very sweet and a pleasing almost citrus like aftertaste. Ripens early in UK.
Sunflower x Overleese cross breed. Medium size pawpaw of 8 to 12 ounces that tastes delicious, has a yellow tinted shin that is thick, and ships and stores well. Smooth textured flesh, few seeds, and a mild nice after taste. One of the the first to ripen. It is not precocious and takes 4 to 5 years to come into production, but it is well worth the wait. Ripens very early in UK.
Most Sunflower pawpaw trees as self fertile. You still need to hand pollinate between the flowers on the individual tree for fertilization. Very late ripening.
Medium sized fruit, up to 6 inches long; weighing 180 to 300 grams, yellow greenish skin, yellow flesh, large seed, keeps well in cold storage. Has a thick skin and tastes like Mango with just a hint of pineapple. Observed to be one of the best tasting pawpaws on the market. Ripens very late in the UK season.
Premium Hillbilly Persimmon Trees
Selected Persimmon trees with amazing taste originating from world class parents trees. Grafted trees will have an exact replica of the parent tree. Bred by the top breeders in the world for flavour and with genetic makeup to ripen in the UK. True Kaki will has a hard time ripening in the UK. American Persimmon and hybrids are astringent so it must be fully ripe and very soft before eating it. We grow crosses that offer hardiness of American Persimmon with taste characteristics of Kaki. These fruits ripen late in the year, sometimes in late September but generally October to December.
Chinebuli Persimmon is a wonderful Diospyros Kaki is more tolerant to cold weather than other asian persimmons. It is non-astringent and can be eaten while still crunchy. It originates from Bulgaria and produces medium size, wonderful fruit that ripen mid season.
Dar Sopiekvi Persimmon is a new Ukrainian persimmon hybrid. The advantage is three weeks earlier maturing compared to the Rosseyanka variety. With more flavour than Rosseyanka and earlier ripening, along with an impressive 100kg per tree, this persimmon tree it outstanding.
Flavour Blast American Persimmon
Flavour Blast American Persimmon (Diospyros Virginiana) beautiful, orange-yellow fruit, that is not only early ripening, but also delectably sweet, firm, and delicious. Self-fertile, Flavour Blast bears abundant crops of large seedless fruit. The fruit has a slight initial vanilla flavour followed by a lovely tangerine citrus taste.
Gora Roan Kosh Persimmons are a fantastic Hybrid Persimmon. With tasty yellow/orange fruits and more of a square shape, fruits mature at 125-150 grams.
Hillbilly Vixen is a truly superior persimmon. It consists only of female flowers and is an offspring originating from a Rosseyanka. A cross between Asian and American Persimmons (Diospyros Kaki x Virginiana) combining the best traits of both parents. Fruit tastes like a blend of soft Asian persimmon and ripe native persimmon. Fruits are self fertile, small seedless and texture is fabulous and candy like with a rich persimmon flavour. Fruits are medium sized. The taste is very good. Winter resistance: -30 ° C.
Jerry Lehman's Barbra's Blush WS8-10 American Persimmon
Excellent flavour and size. Rated very high for disease resistance and very high for the quality of fruit. This fruit tree was produced from the famous Lehman breeding program. It is an American type Persimmon (Diospyros Virginiana).
Considered one of the best tasting American Persimmons (Diospyros Virginiana) Bred by the late James Claypool. A deep orange coloured fruit, is a very upright grower. It is excellent for puddings and pies but best known for its aromatic aroma and true persimmon taste. Fruit is medium sized and is dark orange to red.
Hillbilly Moonshine consists only of female flowers. Medium sized fruit up to 100g. Winter resistance: -27 ° (- 30 ° C). Ripens earlier than Rosseyanka. Fruits left longer on the tree become completely black and the food of the gods becomes truly amazing to eat.
Nikita's Gift Hybrid Persimmon
This unique hybrid of Asian and American Persimmon bears bountiful crops of sweet and flavourful, reddish-orange fruit followed by strikingly beautiful orange-yellow fall foliage. Nikita's Gift is ready to eat when soft and tender. Nakitas Gift is a hybrid persimmon (Diospyros Kaki x Virginiana).
Saijo is an astringent, self-pollinating persimmon tree that produces a yellowish-orange, sweet fruit. This is a favorite of many persimmon lovers. The fruit has very few seeds which makes it ideal for eating fresh. The persimmons ripen in mid-fall and are oblong fruit with a yellow flesh. The Saijo tree also produces white-pink flowers in the late spring or early summer before it fruits, and it boasts of fall foliage. Another attractive quality of the persimmon tree is its high pest resistance. The Saijo has a moderate growth-rate and reaches around 4 Metres high with a width of about 2 metres but can be pruned back to a smaller size. Plant in full sun or partial shade with moist, well-drained soil. We graft the Saijo persimmon on native American persimmon root stock but should only be planted on the South Coast. Since the Saijo is an astringent persimmon, be sure to select fruits that are fully ripe and soft to the touch, indicating that they have matured to their full sugar potential. Firm, under ripe fruits will have an unpleasant tannic mouthfeel and insipid flavor. Saijo is an Asian Persimmon (Diospyros Kaki).
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Black Madeira
This fig is said to be from the island of Madeira in Portugal. The Black Madeira fig is a dark fig with a dark red interior. It is a highly desirable and sought after fig. Black Madeira has a fruity flavour, is sugary sweet and can become very thick and syrupy the further it ripens. Many enthusiasts say it is one of the best tasting figs. This fig likes heat, full sun and a longer growing season. It can be challenging to grow in some locations. We recommend growing it in a greenhouse in the spring and early summer.
White Madeira
The White Madeira fig is a green skinned fig with a dark red interior similar to the black Madeira. It is a highly desirable and sought after fig. White Madeira has a fruity flavour, is sugary sweet and can become very thick and syrupy the further it ripens. Like the black Madieia enthusiasts say it is one of the best tasting figs but the white has more vigorous growth than the black. This fig likes heat, full sun and a longer growing season. It can be challenging to grow in some locations. We recommend growing it in a greenhouse in the spring and early summer.
Vasilika Mavra Sika Black
Vasilika Mavra Sika Black fig is a dark fig with a dark red interior originating from Greece. It is a lovely and desirable fig. Vasilika Black has a fruity flavour, is sugary sweet and can become very thick and syrupy the further it ripens. Many enthusiasts say it is one of the best tasting figs. This fig likes heat and full sun.
Violette de Bordeaux
This French fig has purple skin and a red inside. It is a very sweet fig that tastes like berries to us. Some people say it is one of the best tasting of figs available.It vigorous grower and a prolific producer of figs. It is similar to Negronne however it has smaller leaves, fewer freckles and maybe a slightly milder flavour.
Dragos
Dragos fig trees are very rare, slow growing. They produce some of the best tasting figs available. This tree is best suited for under glass care in spring and early summer. We currently have this fig under trial.
Desert King
The Desert King fig tree produces brebas with excellent organoleptic qualities, of large size, fruity tasting and melting in the mouth and very sugary At complete maturity, the skin colour changes from light green to pale yellow.
Citrus
All of our citrus trees are placed into a heated greenhouse in the winter months. In the summer months they are placed outdoors.
Cara Cara Orange
Cara Cara oranges have a red to pinkish flesh and are much sweeter in taste with lower acidity as compared to a typical navel orange.
Fukushu/Changshou Kumquat
Known as the Fukushu kumquat in Japan. The flesh is orange, acidic, and contains a few seeds.
Navelina Oranges
Navelina Oranges are very productive and ripen a few weeks before the more famous Washington Navel.
Meiwa Kumquat
The skin of a Meiwa Kumquat is much sweeter than the more common Nagami Kumquat. The skin is chewy and sweet with some tartness and has a juicy flesh with strong flavour.
Moro Blood Orange
The Moro Blood Orange a distinctive flesh color and rind blush to the presence of anthocyanin.
Okitsu Satsuma
The Okitsu Satsuma is one of the earliest ripening variety of mandarin. A tasty treat at Christmas.
Sanguinelli Blood Orange
Sanguinelli is a late midseason blood orange variety from Spain.
Washington Navel Orange
Washington navels are arguably the best flavoured oranges.
Other Fruit We Recommend Growing
At Hillbilly Pawpaws and Persimmons, we specialize in growing a wide variety of fruit trees, including pawpaws and persimmons. We are passionate about these unique, delicious fruits and believe they should be made more accessible to the public. Our trees are carefully cultivated to ensure the highest quality fruits possible. We also grow a wide range of other fruit plants, bushes, and trees for personal use. If you're looking to add more variety to your garden, we hope the information we provide helps.
Apple trees
Ashmeads Kernal, Bramley, Cox, Cherry Cox, Katey, Hidden Rose, Rubinette, Rubinstar, Scarlet, Scrumptious and few others.
Apricot, Plum and Cherry Crosses
We are still testing these trees, but they are showing some promise. We can not use the official names for copyright reasons. They are different combinations of Apricots, Plums (Asian) and Cherries mixed together. You need to choose a variety that will ripen in the UK weather. The varieties we grow are Flavour King, Cherry Cot, Pink Candy and Aprisali.
Blueberries
There are approximately 15 types of blueberries we grow including most of the usual varieties as well as Pink Lemonade and Rabbit Eye. What is our opinion on pink blueberries, do they really taste like pink lemonade? Yes they do!
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We are currently testing these fruit trees in the UK weather. It is doubtful that they will ripen due to the colder climate. We grow Norris and unnamed varieties.
Cherries
We grow Bing, Lapins, Morello, Stella, Van and a few other cherry varieties including cherry bushes.
Honeyberry
Similar to a blueberry but have larger berries and more of a cherry flavoured mix in. The two biggest benefits of these lovely bushes are that they grow in neutral soil unlike acidic soil blueberries and they ripen in May/June. Honeyberries are some of the first fruits you will get to enjoy in the spring. We have several different varieties of these. We grow Boreal Blizzard, Boreal Beauty, Strawberry Sensation and Siberian varieties.
Loquat
We are trialing loquat trees both grafted and non grafted.
Mulberry
Morus Nigra King James black mulberry has large succulent dark fruit with great flavour. We are also growing a hybrid mulberry.
Peaches and Nectarines
We love our peaches and have several trees including Indian Blood Peaches, Peregrine, Amsden June, Royal George, Red Haven, Peento Peach, Rheinfeuer, Mesembrine Flat Nectarine, Lord Napier Nectarine and a few others.
Pineapple Guava
Several varieties are growing on our farm including Mammoth, Triumph, and Gemini.
Black Jewel Raspberry
Many nurseries in the UK claim to have the newest and best tasting raspberry. We have grown many varieties and in the end they all taste like pretty much the same. The one that does stand out as being different is the American Black Jewel Raspberry. It grows very well in the UK even in poor soils and is a heavy producer of candy like flavoured raspberries. They do not have the sharp flavour of a normal raspberry.
Jujube
We are currently trying out a few varieties of Jujube. These wonderful fruits are small, crispy, juicy and full of flavour.
Saskatoon Berry
Originating from Canada and sometimes referred to as as June Berry, this little fruit is about the size of a blueberry but tastes like a mix of blueberry and almond and cherry. It grows as an upright bush and is low maintenance. As the name suggests it usually ripens in June.
Seabuckthorn
Seabuckthorns are an amazing fruit, providing health benefits that other fruits and vegetables can not. It is high in Omega 9 (anti-inflammatory) as well as other omegas and rich in vitamins. One small seabuckthorn can have as much vitamin C as 15 oranges. They key to growing seabuckthorns for personal use is to find varieties high in oil content. Some seabuckthorns varieties taste like a nice but strong slightly sour citrus flavour but other varieties like those that grow in the wild are almost unpalatable.
Others
Truffles
Winter Black Perigord Truffles inoculated hazel trees. Périgord (Black Winter) Truffle (Tuber melanosporum) Hazel (Corylus avellana).
Winter Black Perigord Truffles are the most valuable and highly rated species of Black truffle.
Hillbilly Fruit Farm is our family-run farm that specializes in growing the best-tasting pawpaws and persimmons. We grow our trees in the most natural conditions possible, for the highest quality organic fruit.
Our mission is to provide our readers with information to grow the freshest and most delicious fruit that nature has to offer. We believe that the best tasting fruits and vegetables come from healthy, natural environments, and we strive to grow the best quality organic fruit available.
