Persimmons 2024

Here’s a pic from upstate NY zone 5 a/b today. This is my first time to have a named cultivar bear fruit (haven’t dared to taste yet). I have a seedling persimmon that bears tiny, seedy fruits, but is behind this one in terms of ripening. My location had a longer season this go-around. Growing season usually is done by the first full week of September, but we’ve gotten some extra weeks this year. The pictured H-118 was grafted on to an established seedling without any expectation of success, but has done well. Also have purchased pre-grafted 100-46, Juhl, Garretson, Valeene Beauty, Mohler that survived last winter – but as persimmons are very slow growing in this cool, short summer area, it’ll be a few more years before I see much from those.

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