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- From: "Dr. Lucky Pittman" <lucky.pittman@murraystate.edu>
- To: "'North American Fruit Explorers'" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Persimmon IDs? Geneva Long & NC-10
- Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2009 11:47:33 -0500
As Emily Litella (Gilda Radner
on SNL in the ‘70s) would say, “Never mind.” Well, I’ve answered my own
question. Visiting John Gordon’s website,
he indicates that NC-10 is one of the earliest-ripening persimmon varieties he
offers – early September; and the line-drawing of NC-10 is typical (elongate ‘acorn’
shape) of the fruits on my tree. Lucky From:
nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On
Behalf Of Dr. Lucky Pittman 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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