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- From: "Dr. Lucky Pittman" <lucky.pittman@murraystate.edu>
- To: "'North American Fruit Explorers'" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: [NAFEX] Persimmon IDs? Geneva Long & NC-10
- Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2009 11:29:01 -0500
You know, for several years, I’ve been wondering if
perhaps I mislabeled the first two persimmons I grafted – Geneva Long
& NC-10, scions from John Gordon; the ‘Geneva Long’ tree produced
for several years – just a typical round D.virginiana – but had a
borer infestation, and Hurrican Ike’s winds last September broke it
over. I’d always wondered why Dr. Slate called it “Geneva LONG”
– when it was round. My ‘NC-10’ tree has only been bearing
lightly, for a couple of years – but those fruits are elongate ‘acorn’
shaped fruits . Makes me wonder if I got the IDs switched 10-12 years ago when
I was first starting out with my grafting attempts; maybe my ‘NC-10’
is actually Geneva Long. The ‘NC-10’ tree has a heavy crop this year –
they’re starting to drop now, I gathered a couple dozen BIG fruits from the
grass beneath it yesterday afternoon. Lighter yellow color this year than last,
when they were the typical orange D.virginiana color, but easily 50% larger –
some twice the size of the fruits it’s produced the last two years. Good
flavor, and still some character to the flesh – and still just a hint of
astringency in some, but not enough to stop me from eating them. Wondered if anyone (Jerry Lehman?) might be able to shed
some light on my dilemma – anybody got photos of ‘known’
specimens of these two varieties? Lucky |
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[NAFEX] Persimmon IDs? Geneva Long & NC-10,
Dr. Lucky Pittman, 09/09/2009
- Re: [NAFEX] Persimmon IDs? Geneva Long & NC-10, Dr. Lucky Pittman, 09/09/2009
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