I'm suddenly paying attention to the persimmon posts. I didn't think persimmon
grew here until a saw a tree laden with big orange fruit a couple of weeks
ago.
The owner thinks it is a D virginiana, but she doesn't know the variety name.
She
doesn't know of another persimmon in the neighbourhood. I only know of one
other
persimmon in Vancouver, but there probably are more. I had just never seen one
before.
I thought it might be interesting to grow seedlings and graft the variety on
to
seedlings.
I brought home a couple of fruits and thought they tasted quite good, sweet
with
no astringency, but they had no seeds!
Are the seeds microscopic? What size and colour are they? Is there a seedless
variety?
I saw some in the supermarket today and they looked just like my friend's
persimmon and they were labelled 'Fuyu'. They were $3 Cdn each.