Honey Locust Seed

Honey locust is fun and easy to grow from seed. They are a vigorous and fast-growing tree often able to reach 3 feet or larger in their first year. This year our seed stock comes from incredible mother trees at the remnants of John Hershey’s nursery in Downingtown PA. If you don’t know about John Hershey you can read more at the article linked below but I will give you the brief version here. John was a giant of the tree breeding world in the 1900s. His nursery was often referred to as America’s number 1 tree crops nursery. John collected improved genetics for (mostly native) tree crops from all across the country. His selection criteria were mainly around increased food value for humans and livestock. In the case of honey locust John sought thornless trees with a high sugar content in the pods. When John found such trees, he brought back seed and scion wood to his nursery in PA. There he grew out seedlings and grafted the scion wood onto existing rootstock. By the time he died his 60