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  • From: derry&bill <wchase@interchange.ubc.ca>
  • To: nafex <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [NAFEX] persimmon seeds
  • Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 21:57:24 -0800

I'm suddenly paying attention to the persimmon posts. I didn't think persimmon
grew here until a saw a tree laden with big orange fruit a couple of weeks
ago.
The owner thinks it is a D virginiana, but she doesn't know the variety name.
She
doesn't know of another persimmon in the neighbourhood. I only know of one
other
persimmon in Vancouver, but there probably are more. I had just never seen one
before.

I thought it might be interesting to grow seedlings and graft the variety on
to
seedlings.

I brought home a couple of fruits and thought they tasted quite good, sweet
with
no astringency, but they had no seeds!

Are the seeds microscopic? What size and colour are they? Is there a seedless
variety?

I saw some in the supermarket today and they looked just like my friend's
persimmon and they were labelled 'Fuyu'. They were $3 Cdn each.

Derry

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