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Early Golden versus Garretson persimmons

I understand Garretson was bred out of Early Golden. It seems that as a rule, a variety only survives in commerce if it is superior in some way from what it was bred from. I keep reading that Early Golden consistently won taste tests at Wye, and nothing similar is reported about Garretson. What does Garretson offer that keeps it on folks’ radars? Is it superior to Early Golden in any way?

Early Golden group of American persimmons

Does anyone have a reasonably complete and authoritative description of the Early Golden group? Or at least some authoritative information. It seems that such info would be very useful both for breeders and for growers. Early Golden is a popular American persimmon in its own right, but it also has served as the pollen donor producing a number of great crosses. For example, as I understand it, H-63A is Morris Burton x Early Golden, I-94 / Valene Beauty is Lena x Early Golden. My understandin…