Burnt Ridge has Prairie Sun listed as Claypool’s A-33
I feel like I’m missing out on something since I’ve only tried a few store bought persimmons and they where bland and unappealing. Dull is a good description. I’ll be looking for some in the markets again this year and hope I can find one I like.
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Prairie Star is H-118 aka Early Jewel. @tonyOmahaz5 likes it a lot. Tony when did it ripen this year for you in comparison to Prok or any of your persimmons?
Katie, consider it at or near the top of your list, however, be sure OGW’s rootstock is Diospyros virginiana & you should go further to ask the provenance of their seed source… I would ask. Sure their website says zone 4 but double check their rootstock source.
It’s also one of Jerry Lehman’s favorites and he’s one of the leading experts.
Dax
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Thanks, great advice!
I’ve heard people who love American persimmon here sing praises of American persimmon taste. I tried a couple last year from a friend’s. He gave me bunch again this year.
My friend planted a Yates and a Prok several years ago. One died and the other has thrived. He could not remember if the surviving is Yayes or Prok.
The texture is like jelly. The taste is very sweet, perfumed and intense.
I’ve eaten Asian persimmons for years and like them. It has firm/crunchy texture with a mildly sweet taste. It is true that once you taste American persimmon, Asian persimmon’s taste seems diminished/pale by comparison.
However, because of intense taste of persimmons, I cannot eat more than one or two of them at a time. I feel nauseous by the intensely perfumed sweet taste of it. I don’t mind the the jelly/jello texture at all.
I may be the odd man out here but I want those of you who have not tried American persimmons to think about what if you don’t like the taste or texture of it.
I now have 4 persimmon trees (3 in ground and 1 in pot). I am not sure if I need that many trees of the fruit that I’m not sure about. Maybe, I have not eaten the best ones yet.
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I do hope to try them, I had tried last week to go you-pick at red fern farm in Iowa. I got rained out. Crossing my fingers for next week. Maybe I’ll change my mind- either way I’ll report back. If they still have some to pick, that is.
My prok rippened around the first week of September this year. H-118 rippened around September 15th. The good thing about this two is no trace of astringency when soft ripened.
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Thank you, Tony.
For me unlike Mamuang, I can eat persimmon after persimmon.
Dax
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These were what I got from my friend. I gave some to another friend yesterday knowing I could not finish them all by myself.
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Yummm 
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That’s me and jujubes.
I hope to like them someday. I was fortunate to try them but they were as dry as a Forelle pear! 
You know what I’m talking about don’t ya Mam! 
Dax
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They’re such a beautiful color, I almost cant imagine how they could be anything less than amazing!
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I like them much more than pawpaws. My first pawpaw was extremely exciting though. Here the picture of my first bite into a wild one in 2014.
Dax
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The words I could describe the taste is “ too intense”. The combination of perfume and sweetness is too heady to my liking. I probably is in the minority here.
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You find that in Aledo? My dad graduated high school there.
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That’s too “cool.”
Illinois City which is real close. Actually there are pawpaws just about everywhere around here where the conditions are right.
My friend collected seed from Illinois City and planted them in Monmouth which is also very close. His offspring trees are 20’ tall.
Dax
I’ve been through Monmouth on the way to Macomb and Galesburg, have grandparents in both towns. Really cool. I’ll have to ask them if they’ve ever seen any wild ones.
Give me a hollar anytime on your way thru. I’ll show you along with my friend all his various nut and persimmon and pawpaws, trees.
Dax
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Yeah. One of the reasons why I didn’t fret too much about losing my grafted persimmons, as they were all on the stock from Burnt Ridge. They might have done better as they got more caliper to them in pots than in the field. It might be that they are in too much competition in the field and are too skinny. They might be drying out and dying.
One issue with seedling persimmon is that persimmons are dioecious, so they (mostly) have separate male and female plants. If you plant seedlings you won’t know which you have until they flower. Those of us that plant seedlings plan to eventually graft them over to known varieties. Or in my case, I just think since they are native-ish to our area, that they can be re-introduced to the landscape (so Burnt Ridge wasn’t a great source either).
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