[NAFEX] Saijo persimmon hardiness

Scott Smith scott at cs.jhu.edu
Fri Feb 16 10:23:42 EST 2007


Bass, Saijo has been growing at the Wye persiimmon orchard for many  
years.  One of the trees recently died but there is still one left.   
I would say it is hardy to zone 6.  My own Saijo has taken -2F  
without problems.  I don't recall how big the Wye tree is but the  
Spring 2006 Pomona gives the sizes of all the trees there.

On a related topic, I visited the Wye persimmon orchard last weekend  
and have some extra scions of some varieties.  I can mail them to  
anyone interested for the around $2 postage.  Send me an email if you  
are interested.  This orchard was written up in the Spring 2006  
Pomona so look there for more information.  These varieties have all  
survived 25+ years in Maryland and so are good candidates for zones 6/7.

Scott



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