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["bert dunn" <helbert@idirect.com>]

Hi Derry
When the Fuyu's come to a local store-we buy!!!
Many do not like persimmons as they do not permit them to ripen
sufficiently.Not fully ripened they're like a spoon of alum.
When totally ripe, then overnight in the fridge, my wife and I pig
out--superb!
Cheers               Bert

Bert Dunn   RR4   Tottenham   Zone 4b
www.hardygrapes.tottenham.on.ca
www.littlefatwino.com/bertslist.html
Think Blending-Not Varietals

Sent: Saturday, November 13, 2004 6:29 PM
> From: "derry&bill" <wchase@interchange.ubc.ca>
> To: "nafex" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Friday, November 12, 2004 11:57 PM
> > 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