To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Persimmon Question
Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2004 07:06:23 -0800
Commonest way to make such multi-variety trees is to grow them large
enough to have a trunk, then topgraft in limbs of various varieties.
Growing a persimmon to that size in a nursery would make it extremely
hard to transplant. Persimmons are hard enough to transplant as it
is. They either need to be started and sold in pots, or have the
taproot undercut in the nursery a year before transplanting to develop
a fibrous root system.
In short, such trees would have to cost more than most people want to
pay.
On Nov 13, 2004, at 4:30 AM, Jim Fruth wrote:
Some nurseries sell apple trees with several different varieties
grafted
to them so wouldn't it make sense for nurseries to sell persimmon trees
that
are grafted male AND female? Has any nursery thought of it? Does any
nursery sell such trees? If so, I'd buy one.