The one tree I really want at this place is a persimmon. My niece just planted one, knows a nursery that sells them, but they go fast!
Two very opposite memories of eating persimmons. The first is when about 8 yo, my dear dad tricked me into taking a bite of a green one. The episode still rankles with me because I trusted my dad & he “betrayed” me (& about laughed his head off at my reaction).
The second memory is hiking in the mountains with 4 friends, our destination being a lake reservoir used by a city in the valley for their water supply. It was a beautiful hike & we started early so dew was still on the ground & the morning air was still damp when we got to the water. As we looked around, we spotted a persimmon tree. Deer tracks were numerous, but we found ripe ones we could get to & they were so good - sweet because there had been frost. I suspect I will never eat persimmons as good as those because of where I was & who I was with.
Romping around the woods of MA for hours on end growing up, I used to eat a lot of wild blueberries. The little low bush ones about the size of a pea. Then one day I found a hill with high bush blueberries almost as big around as a dime. I called it blueberry hill of course.
40 years later, I buy this place in MO and what do I find? Both low bush and high bush blueberries. Never any ripe ones though because the birds and deer get to them before that. I did get to try a serviceberry that they missed and it tasted like a blueberry.
My goats have eradicated the blueberry bushes.(and the poison ivy)
I tried to get some hazelnut bushes but they sell out of many things within 24 hours. It's the closest thing to a tree nut without the 50 year wait. The wild hickory trees on the property are called bitternut hickory and as you can guess by the name, not very edible. The wood makes for some good smoked ribs though.
Just checked their website and they still have elderberry. Everything's $1.00 per seedling.
I need to start working on the fence around the garden and tunnel. For now, I'll use four cattle panels and stick the seedlings in there to keep the goats away. Will probably get some 1 or 3 gallon pots, put bigger holes in the bottom and bury them to make it easier to move them later. Need to see if I can find a Red Haven peach tree too. Might try some blueberries in the corner of the tunnel so I guess I ought to get some while they have them.