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[Lucky Pittman <lucky.pittman@murraystate.edu>]

Princess persimmon - Diospyros rhombifolia, maybe?
It's a favorite of the bonsaists, but they're not necessarily going for 
fruit production.
However, I'm presuming it is dioeicious, and you'd have to have both a male 
and female to get fruit production.

I've got a couple from a friend who does bonsai in addition to fruiting 
plants, but they're clones of one another, so I probably won't get fruit 
without getting my mitts on another one - and I don't know if I've got a 
male or female.
I've also seen varying opinions about their winter-hardiness outdoors - 
some say zone 6, some say zone 9 - that's a HUGE disparity.  Mine are 
indoors for the winter.


Lucky Pittman
USDA Cold Zone 6
AHS Heat Zone 7
Hopkinsville, KY