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Persimmon (Diospyros kaki)
This most widely grown fruit in Asia is a great late season gourmet treat!
Extremely ornamental trees have very large glossy bright green leaves that turn gold through crimson in late fall. Bright orange fruits hang on tree long after leaves have fallen. Pest free and easy to grow, tolerates many soil types as long as well drained. Fruits ripen in fall and are very sweet with soft pudding like flesh. They are delicious eaten fresh dried and cooked making a great persimmon pudding. Trees bloom late, and are very reliable producers. Persimmons grow 15-20 feet but can be kept smaller with pruning. All varieties produce fruit without pollination and are seedless, unless pollinated by Chocolate, which has male flowers. On Lotus rootstock. Zones 7-11.
Diospyros virginiana is a persimmon species commonly called the American persimmon, common persimmon, eastern persimmon, simmon, possumwood, possum apples, or sugar plum. It ranges from southern Connecticut to Florida, and...
Coffee Cake Oriental Persimmon aka Nishimura Wase Fuyu (Diospyros kaki) is a richly flavored variety with juicy, spicy-sweet chocolate colored flesh. This variety sets medium large and nearly round fruit....
The most common rootstock used for oriental persimmons in this country. Learn more below
Fuyu Jiro Oriental Persimmon aka Jiro Fuyu, Jiro, California Fuyu, Apple Persimmon (Diospyros kaki ‘jiro’) is a classic non-astringent variety widely grown commercially. Can be eaten when firm like an...
Hachiya Oriental Persimmon (Diospyros kaki) is astringent until soft-ripe fruits have superb sweet flavor. Large deep red acorn shaped fruits. Very productive and ornamental tree ripens fruit best in hot...
Medium sized, orange-red round fruit. Beautiful glossy skin, if cross pollenized flesh is dark cinnamon color and seeded. Very sweet, rich flavor, excellent quality. 200 chill hours. Self-fruitful
Saijo Oriental Persimmon aka Mr. Elegant (Diospyros kaki) is an excellent, sweet flavored fruit that is highly esteemed. It’s Japanese name means “the very best one” and it is definitely...
The choice of connoisseurs – firm, brown flesh with sweet, spicy, exquisite flavor. Astringent until ripe. Small to medium sized fruits with a conical shape and bright orange-red skin. Hardy,...
Early Fuyu Asian Persimmon (Diospyros kaki) is an early-ripening variety, a reliable producer in our Pacific Northwest climate. Early Fuyu Asian Persimmon fruit is sweet and flavorful and can be...
Early-ripening Jiro. Prized for it delicious flavor and attractive form. Early Jiro bears abundant crops of bright orange fruit that can be eaten while firm, like an apple, or allowed...
Also called Early Fuyu & Matsumoto Wase Fuyu. Orange non-astringent fruits have very excellent quality. Learn more below
Also called Hana Gosho, Gosho. Large, flat, four-sided fruit is orange colored and has excellent high quality flesh. Learn more below
Also called Hana Fuyu, Yotsudani, Winter Flower. Delicious sweet flavorful non-astringent fruit. Learn more below
Fuyu Imoto Oriental Persimmon aka Imoto Fuyu (Diospyros kaki) is a medium-large fruit that has deep orange skin and light orange non-astringent flesh, that is sweet, mild and good flavored....
Also called Maekawa Jiro & Maekawa Fuyu. Medium size fruit has sweet quality flesh. Learn more below
Also called Sweet Fuyu. This early-ripening variety is prized for its color and its crops. Learn more below
Dark orange red small fruits are very rich flavored and the sweetest we’ve tasted. Learn more below
Non astringent very sweet and flavorful dark orange fruits ripen a month before Fuyu.Naturally small tree is productive and very ornamental. We look forward to these first of the season...
Non astringent very sweet and flavorful dark orange fruits ripen a month before Fuyu. Learn more below
Large, somewhat flattish fruit is orange-red in color and has thick, delicious, very sweet flesh. Learn more below
Tamopan Oriental Persimmon aka Tamopan Giant (Diospyros kaki) fruit is extra large and round shaped with an acorn-like cap. Golden red skin wraps around tender, juicy, sweet flesh. This astringent...
