Persimmons

American persimmon: (Diospyros virginiana): Astringent GRAFTED.

 Small 1 to 2 feet tall $20.00: Medium 2 to 3 feet tall $25.00

• Yates / Juhl persimmon – Large (1.75 to 2.00 inches), sweet and firm fruit, loses the astringency quickly and will ripen on tree. Fruit will many times produce no seeds.
  
  

• Prok – A large (2 1/4 inch) fruit from New York, very sweet nearly seedless fruit that can be eaten straight from the tree when ripe. Tree is very productive and has very large ornamental leaves.
  

• Persimmon: - Diospyros virginiana seedling. Large trees, 3 to 4 feet tall. $10.00 each.

Hybrid Persimmon: - Diospyros virginiana X Diospyros kaki, Cross between our native persimmon and the Oriental (Asian) persimmon which combines the cold hardiness and the sweet flavor of the very large persimmons.Mildly Astringent, 18-24 inches tall $20.00; Medium 2 to 3 feet tall $25.00

• Keener- virginiana X kaki persimmon. Recently rediscovered by Eugene Ulrich of Illinois and researched it’s origin to the late Luther Burbank of California. Tree is vigorous, prolific and produces a very large fruit (2 to 3 inches). Nearly seedless. Available Spring 2005; Mildly astringent / Grafted
  
                                                                                      
• Rosseyanka -Virginiana X Kaki persimmon, A Russian hybrid and is a development of Nikitsky Botanical Gardens of Yalta. Large fruit 2 to 3 inches that is nearly seedless and tastes like Kaki persimmon, has been evaluated and grown in the USA for nearly 10 years. Recorded to withstand temperatures down in -20s in January 1996 in Indiana. Is very winter hardy. Available Spring 2005, Mildly Astringent. / Grafted
  

Asian Persimmon: - Diospyros Kaki-- These 2 very fine grafted persimmons have been tested and selected for many years, and selected over many others for their taste, size and cold hardiness.18-24 inches tall $20.00; Medium 2 to 3 feet tall $25.00. Available Spring 2005

• Hokkaido - Diospyros kaki Persimmon.Cold hardy in zone 6; has never had freeze damage here in Eastern Kentucky. Hokkaido is a natural dwarf--at 8 years old this tree is only 6 feet tall and 5 feet wide. It is a natural fruit producing male to use as a pollinator for other trees also. Fruit shape is conical (shaped like and acorn). Bright orange with a blush of red, smooth flesh and very slow to lose astringency. Needs 2 to 3 weeks stored on a shelf after picking.Fruit size 3.5 inches across by 4 inches long. Cold Hardy Zone 6. Grafted. Available Spring 2005.

• Shin Na Da - D. kaki Persimmon.Large, flattened, ribbed yellowish orange fruit. Ripens mid-September. When tree ripens at picking time fruit will be non-astringent on the tree, very firm and ready to eat. Tree has vigorous upright growth habits and will bear fruit in 3 to 5 years. Fruit is 3 inches across and 1.5 to 2 inches thick. Cold hardy Zone 6. Grafted. Available Spring 2005.

• Persimmon Seedling - Diospyros lotus Seedling. 2 to 3 feet tall $6.00 each.

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