Hybrid Persimmons Future Look Great

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Welcome to the forum Jake! Here are some other related threads you might want to check out. To begin with a primer from Dax:

PCA / PCNA / PVA / PVNA / persimmons and what this all means

This is my way of understanding this: P = Pollen C = Consistent N = Non A = Astringent J = Japan (kaki from Japan are known to ripen on the grafted-trees) C = Chinese (kaki from China are known to be ripened mainly with CO2 gas) PCA = Pollen Consistent Astringent No matter the pollen had at it, it will always need ripening off the tree. PCNA = Pollen Consistent Non Astringent This means that pollen does nothing. And that the fruit ripens on the tree. Now, when pollen is introduced to…

Persimmon Cold Hardiness Resource

With all the incorrect information out there on random asian persimmon cultivars being “zone 6” hardy etc, we need a good resource of what the facts are on cold hardiness of asians and hybrids etc. Especially taking into consideration these 10 year polar vortex freezes that kill back nice orchards in zone 7 where hardier plantings could have avoided that, if the correct info were available. Would you all be up for us getting together and sharing lists of what persimmons were lost or survived, …

Hybrid persimmon Dar Sofiyivky

A new star from Ukraine is called Dar Sofiyivky (Gift of Sofiivka)… a true masterpiece from a workshop of Vasil Derevyanko. Consider this: [DS 01] [DS 02] [DS 03] it is zone 5 hardy. If you can grow Rosseyanka you can grow Dar Sofiivky without any problems. attractive large fruit up to 150 g. very early. In fact it is one of the earliest hybrids that I know. Suitable for the short season climates. fully parthenocarpic - it doesn’t need any pollinator. I haven’t noticed any fruit drop dur…

^^ This one has some pertinent side conversations throughout the thread, as does the one below

Anybody growing Taishu in the U.S.?

Taishu is a Japanese PCNA persimmon, released from the Japanese breeding program in 1995. It has the following interesting characteristics: It is derived from Fuyu and Jiro, with enough Hanagosho and Okugosho that it reliably produces male flowers. It evidently tastes so good that has been sold in Japan, individually wrapped, for almost $30 apiece. Combined, #1 & #2 suggest that Taishu should supplant various male-flowering Gosho varieties as the male side of breeding experiments wit…