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Persimmon Apomixis?

olpea
9 years ago

I planted a female Morris Burton (American) persimmon about 7 years ago. I also planted a couple seedlings hoping one of them would be a male.

This spring I didn't notice any pollen shed from the two seedling persimmons, but the Morris Burton appears to have set about a dozen fruit.

As far as I know, there are no other persimmon in this area.

Is it possible for persimmon to exhibit apomixis? In other words, can a female American persimmon sometimes be self-fruitful? Anyone heard of this?

Maybe I just missed the pollen shed on one of the seedling persimmons. It pollen shed obvious on a persimmon (as it is with a pecan) or is it hard to detect?

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