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  • From: Scott Gothard <gothardscott@yahoo.com>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] persimmon scions
  • Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 15:07:27 -0800 (PST)

I.m looking at planting these for wildlife and myself also. The cultivars I saw were all native, but they looked to be quite larger than the ones here in zone 6b. I had got the idea from an article in QDMA & I've had alot of young trees {10 to 15 ft} with the tops broken off by a recent ice storm.

--- On Mon, 2/23/09, bmn@iglou.com <bmn@iglou.com> wrote:
From: bmn@iglou.com <bmn@iglou.com>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] persimmon scions
To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Date: Monday, February 23, 2009, 8:30 PM

Scott Gothard wrote:

> That is a great sight, but I'm looking for scionwood to graft on a
> few of my wild persimmons. I saw an article in QDMA on some of the
> different ones. I'll have to look that magazine up again. Thanks

Are these for deer plantings?  If so, I don't think I'd recommend 
cultivars.  I've done a good number of wildlife plantings (lost count) 
over the last 20+ years.  While some deer pages like:

http://www.qdmanepa.com/members_page.htm

do recommend cultivars, you're basically looking for diversity in 
fruiting that would be suitable for deer regardless of seasonal, 
regional, & microhabitat influences.  In order to accomplish that, 
you're best off making sure you keep as much genetic diversity as is 
possible.  I might be tempted to add cultivars to a mix if I'm at the 
extreme Northern edge of the range or had site-specific influences which 
may create a need for additional cold-hardiness.

Anyway, the only reason I mention this is that you mention QDMA and it 
was unclear to me the purpose of the trees.  In this case I think it 
makes a difference to source close to or farther North in your area. 
Again, I wouldn't go with the cultivars unless you want to spread out 
fruit drop even further, want to eat them as well, or want to test some 
for hardiness.  You can always graft from those which tolerate the 
conditions existing in your spot.

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