Learning the trees on my land (anything useful?)

[Bonsai Nut]

I cut them off in early July.

Sounds like they are at least sending you female trees

I bought four American persimmons from a nursery (where they were grown from seed) and when I asked if they were females, I got a question mark via email They had no idea that only the females fruited.

 

[PerryB]

Afton, Va.? I'm familiar with the area. Lived over the mountain from there for a long time. Afton and the Rockfish Valley are home to many fruit orchards, a mix of species that aren't seen very often in such close proximity. The specific elevations of the mountains there were scoped out by Thomas Jefferson (as local folklore has it) and marked out for agriculture. There are vineyards and peach orchards on the lower slopes, apples up higher. Peaches and grapes require warmer conditions, apples require cold. There aren't as many peach and apple orchards left compared to back in the day, but PLENTY of vineyards now.

I lived in the Charlottesville area for 20 years and knew Western Albemarle County, Afton, and the Rockfish River Valley very well.
I've never been to Edible Landscaping in person, but ordered an Italian white fig 30 years ago and various other things since.