[NAFEX] blue persimmon
Jwlehman at aol.com
Jwlehman at aol.com
Thu Nov 12 08:33:14 EST 2009
In a message dated 11/12/2009 12:07:22 AM Eastern Standard Time,
holycow at frontiernet.net writes:
> Half would be males, and the others would produce blue,
> yes, but inedible fruits. What's the point? They'd do better to amuse
> themselves by grafting a branch from a known female blue persimmon onto a
> good quality tree. Donna
Donna is correct. There is great genetic diversity in persimmon and
planting the seed you have a far less chance than 50/50 of getting a good blue
[hue] persimmon. Diospyros is not homozygous, but rather is heterozygous.
Jerry Lehman, Chair
NAFEX American Persimmon Group
7780 Persimmon St.
Terre Haute, IN 47802
812-298-8733
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