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[Rondi Anderson <nafex@mokalive.com>]

Ok, I want to know this info to. I have a about 7 male trees and down a 
block there is a female tree that was really loaded this year.

Rondi
On Nov 5, 2004, at 12:43 AM, nafex-request@lists.ibiblio.org wrote:

> I also have a couple of stupid questions.  First, the question which
> originally lead me to this list.  I have purchased a bundle of 
> persimmon
> trees, but only have room for 2 or 3 at the most at my home.  I assume,
> from what I have read, that I will need both a male and a female tree 
> in
> order to get fruit from the trees.  Is there any way to tell which 
> trees
> are which before they have grown large enough to flower?  I have one 
> that
> has been in the ground for 2 summers now and I still have not seen any
> flowers, at least none large enough that I have noticed them yet.  I 
> hope
> to take most of the other tress I have out to the country where I have 
> 5
> acres, but it would be nice to plant 1 more tree at home and get fruit
> there as well.  Any advice would be greatly appreciated.  I had not
> considered grafting, as I never thought about it until I started 
> reading
> this list, but could that be a solution as well?