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  • From: Lucky Pittman <lucky.pittman@murraystate.edu>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Kaki persimmon hardiness; who's growing these in Zone 6?
  • Date: Thu, 04 Sep 2003 13:35:56 -0500

At 02:22 PM 9/4/2003 -0400, Richard wrote:
My questions: Who's fruiting kakis in Zone 6, under what conditions?
Which cultivars are favored?
Anyone taking these to market?
Anyone other than Edible Landscaping selling cold-hardy kaki plants?
Richard,
I'd had several kaki varieties grafted & growing - Giombo, Ichi-Ki-Kei-Jiro, Jiro, Izu, Fuyu, Hana Fuyu, Matsumoto Wase Fuyu, Sheng, Saijo, Great Wall, as well as some of Dr. Greenleaf's selections, made at Auburn U.; some were 2- 3 years old, others only one year old grafts, but all died out during the winter just past - except for a piece of Great Wall and Saijo that I had stuck onto a vigorous sucker from a native tree I'd bush-hogged several years ago, up by my woodland pond - the grafts on these two were about 6 ft off the ground, whereas all those in the nursery or orchard were less than a foot above ground.

Cliff England has some kaki selections growing at his place at McKee, KY, including some Korean persimmons he's grown from seed and has selected. http://www.nuttrees.net




Lucky Pittman
USDA Zone 6
Hopkinsville, KY





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