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["Dr.O'Barr" <Topgun@Otelco.net>]

LUCKY:

My Rosseyanka is seedless, so far anyway.

R.D.O'Barr
(Topgun) zone 7

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Lucky.PIttman@murraystate.edu>
To: <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2007 12:10 PM
Subject: [NAFEX] hybrid persimmons


> Alan,
>
> In addition to the Asian & American persimmon
> selections, there are a few hybrids available.
>
> Rosseyanka, a  Russian-bred hybrid of
> D.virginianaXkaki, is hardy & productive here - and
> also does well for Jerry Lehman, up at Terre Haute,
> so it'd work.  It's an astringent-til-ripe variety,
> with fruits larger(2-2.5" fruit) than the typical
> American - it ripens late, and the fruits hang well
> on the tree - I usually have to snip them loose;
> calyx stays attached.  They're more like the kaki
> parent in flavor/consistency, and the 'skin' is
> fairly 'tough', like that of an astringent kaki.
>
> 'Keener' is reputed by some to be a D.v.XD.k. hybrid;
> I don't know - it produces a very large fruit -
> similar in size to Rosseyanka, but it's very similar
> in texture and flavor to all American persimmons, in
> my estimation - though it does have more 'fiber' in
> it than most Americans.
>
> There's also a newer variety - Nikita's Gift? - that
> is, if I recall correctly, a seedling of Rosseyanka,
> backcrossed to D.kaki.  I don't have it, nor any
> experience with it; Jerry has or has had it in his
> plantings, but it sustains freeze damage on a regular
> basis, from what he's told me.
>
> Lucky
>
>
>
>
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