Have a gold mine of lotus that have now adapted to this area. Soon i will have endless rootstocks as these are suckering now from the parents. Early golden will need a pollinator to increase production. Have lotus males nearby. Male virginiana are a to far away to pollinate early golden. I can graft male virginiana to lotus which will work fine. These are pictures of new trees coming up from the lotus roots to form a thicket. Only have one tree that does this but it will come in handy in the future.
These lotus were clearly male trees but in 2015 over 8 years ago i did not realize the difference. There has been no need to remove them since they are hardy now to my area. They make great rootstocks! As the picture reveals there are to many blooms indicating a definate male tree. We have been around persimmon all my life and i’m still learning things i should have known 40+ years ago.
Here is a video by @misoo83 above with both female and male lotus flowers
Early golden will have some fruit without a pollinator but more with one. " Pollination Requirements : Early Golden American Persimmon is partially self-fertile. Plant with our Male Persimmon to ensure good crops."Early Golden American Persimmon - One Green World . Someone may be new to the site and have no idea what im talking about when i asked “Can diospyrus lotus pollinate diospyrus virginiana persimmon?” which this will explain Diospyros virginiana - Wikipedia
" Diospyros virginiana grows to 20 m (66 ft), in well-drained soil. The tree is typically dioecious, so one must have both male and female plants to obtain fruit. Most cultivars are parthenocarpic (setting seedless fruit without pollination). The fragrant flowers are pollinated by insects and wind. Fruiting typically begins when the tree is about 6 years old.
The fruit is round or oval and usually orange-yellow, sometimes bluish, and from 2 to 6 cm (3⁄4 to 2+1⁄4 in) in diameter. Both the tree and the fruit are referred to as persimmons, with the latter appearing in desserts and cuisine in the U.S. South and Midwest.
Commercial varieties include the very productive Early Golden, the productive John Rick, Miller, Woolbright and the Ennis, a seedless variety. Another nickname of the American persimmon, ‘date-plum’ also refers to a persimmon species found in South Asia, Diospyros lotus. Today, persimmons are also grown on small farms as a heritage crop." Date-plum - Wikipedia " Diospyros lotus , with common names date-plum, Caucasian persimmon, or lilac persimmon, is a widely cultivated species of the genus Diospyros , native to subtropical southwest Asia and southeast Europe. Its English name derives from the small fruit, which have a taste reminiscent of both plums and dates. It is among the oldest plants in cultivation." not to be confused with Diospyros kaki - Wikipedia
" Diospyros kaki , the Oriental persimmon ,[2] Chinese persimmon , Japanese persimmon or kaki persimmon ,[3] is the most widely cultivated species of the genus Diospyros . Although its first botanical description was not published until 1780,[4][3] D. kaki is among the oldest cultivated plants, having been in use in China for more than 2000 years."