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| I got this unique American Persimmon that I could pick the fruits green and hard. It would ripen in a period of 2 to 3 weeks in a trash bag on my basement floor. The are very fragrant and sweet with a pleasant caramel taste. This was one of the seedling tree and closely related to NC-10. Tony |
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| add photo. Tony |
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| Some paw paws with them. I will be making some persimmon pudding. Tony |
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| Hi Tony, Great idea to have a variety that can be brought in to ripen indoors, in case of storm. My Garretson is producing well and my Szukis for the first time. Early Golden lost its fruit this year for some reason I can't figure out. |
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| I wouldn't think that the american persimmon can be ripened off the tree. This is a good news for the colder climate places Tony. |
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- Posted by strudeldog 7 NW GA (My Page) on Fri, Oct 4, 13 at 10:07
| How does the taste compare to tree-ripened? Is this just to get them before anything else eats them? |
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| SD, Amazingly, the taste stay the same as tree ripened fruit. This trait also will be good to avoid pest by early harvesting. In addition, I am trying to hybridizing an American persimmon to get certain trait and quality for future marketing. I want an early variety with a good taste and can stay green on a shelf to ripen over a long period of time and retain the same quality as tree ripened fruit. I now achieved that goal. my next goal is to cross this seedling to get a bigger size with the F-100 male from Mr. Claypool collection. Jerry Lehman was my mentor in this journey of trial and error. Hopefully, in the next ten years or so I will have high quality persimmon for mass production. Tony |
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| This was a surprise when I saw my Nikita's Gift hybrid persimmon ripened ahead of the Ichi Kei Ki Jiro. This caught me off guard. Ichi |
This post was edited by tonytran on Fri, Oct 4, 13 at 20:08
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| Nikita's Gift Hybrid persimmon |
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| Li Jujube was sweet and crunchy. Tony |
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| Oh, those look so good! I am inspired. Tony, I sure wish I could sample a paw-paw *smile* |
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| Tony, I like this idea of using the relatively durable unripe persimmons as a commodity ' to be ripened later' so that it can reach certain niche markets for fresh native fruits. The ripe fruit is just so delicate that it quickly starts looking like mush and so is not fit for transportation - I've never seen it offered for sale anywhere. In evaluating the ripening of these green fruits I would pay attention foremost to the ability of the process to remove all residual astringency, as this is certainly a necessary condition for the fruit's acceptance in any market. |
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- Posted by riverview111 z6 WA (My Page) on Sat, Oct 5, 13 at 21:00
| Tony, how are you able to grow the hard "Fuyu type" persimmons in your zone? I thought they weren't hardy enough. I love the hard persimmons. |
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| RV, Ichi Kei Ki Jiro and Tam Kam are very cold hardy. I also protect them in the winter in the link below. Tony |
Here is a link that might be useful: Persimmon Winter Protection
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- Posted by infiniteohms 5 Me (My Page) on Mon, Oct 7, 13 at 10:08
| very neat thread Tony! Would you be willing to share scionwood and /or cuttings of your tree that ripens fruit off the tree? |
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| Infi, Send me an email. Tony |
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