Thanks! Oops, I missed. It looks very similar to my Hiratanenashi/Tone wase. But if non-astringent…
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Gil ya persimmon. PCNA type. Didn’t fully ripen on the tree.
Supposed to be a super early variety!!
Decent flavor but not sweet enough. Maybe the tree is still too young. Fruit size is large.
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This may seem stupid, but I couldn’t find how to write PM here… Perhaps PM not available to newbies?
Taste is kind of subjective, but could comment on which varieties (hybrid, Asian, American) that you grow, or have tried, that taste better than Kasandra? I’m new to persimmons and just wondering about other peoples’ experiences. Thanks.
I agree. My opinion will change day after day.
Some days I think Nikita’s gift is the best, some days it is Chichupaka, or a PVNA variety like Mikatani Gosho.
Kasandra is consistently good to excellent.
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Try clicking on my avatar, the pink J.
So you got worthwhile Saijo fruit this year? Does semi green mean like my picture?
Congrats! Hopefully I did too, getting close.
Yes. They were very sweet and ripened well off the tree. In fact they ripen too fast!
I’ve only 20 or so to worry about, but perhaps in future years some refrigeration may slow down or spread out the ripening.
Yesterday had a knock on back door- it was a Ukranian family that recently fled the war. They noticed my loaded Giboshi tree and wanted to learn who was growing it. As we know, Ukranians know their persimmons so I took them to the tree, cut them a big bag of fruit. The lady ate one and almost cried- it reminded her so much of home. I invited them to return often and help me eat any fruit I grow. A really special encounter. They had given up hope any Americans knew how to grow persimmons.
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I’m not sure which thread it was in, but we had a thread on here somewhere about keeping persimmon tree fruit within reach from the ground. For a low, (forced, a bit) spreading form I saw something like this suggested:
You’ll get less fruit probably than letting it reach for the heavens, but stouter branches so you don’t have to make a string and pulley contraption to keep the tree from wrecking itself, and it’ll stay shorter.
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They are good, and starting to be ready. These were from a closed bag with an apple. The Coffeecake had a little astringency on one side, surprisingly the softer side.
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This story makes me happy!
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