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Laurie starts with ...
Hi there,
I have questions about a persimmon planted over 5 years ago bought as the name "20th Century."
A recent Google revealed a couple of sites (e.g. http://era.deedi.qld.gov.au/2210/5/Chapter_04i.pdf) inferring that "Oku-Gosho

Time: 30th March 2012 10:36pm

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jakfruit etiquette says...
Male persimmon flowers are abundant tiny1/2cm bells, fem flowers are large, 3 or 4 cm look like the calyx on top of the kaki fruit.
I thought 20th was a recently developed Fuyu type, so should be non astringent, as per Fuyu??


Time: 31st March 2012 8:34am

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Laurie says...
Hi jakfruit etiquette,
What varieties do you have male and female flowers on?
The above doc also stated "Most commercial sweet persimmon varieties produce only female flowers. However, some varieties such as Oku-Gosho have the ability to produce male flowers in addition"
It goes on: Some male, female, hermaphrodite, some only male.
The doc also has a table of diiferent features betwwn the two. Here are my obs:

My calyces are flat against the fruit for half their length, then are raised. (prob not Oku-gosho)
My leaf margins are straight top down, but become wavy (side-on) summer through to autumn. (prob not Oku-gosho)
I cannot recall if my fruitlets have a reddish tinge, but there is certainly no reddish tinge on the fruits late summer onwards. (prob not Oku-gosho)
The tree is spreading & semi dwarf. (prob Oku-gosho)
Hmm I'll need to re-examine my leaf petioles Nov-Dec. I don't think they were red. (prob not Oku-gosho)
The tree has been a little stressed in the past, but I do not recall any (non-pollinated) fruit drop. (prob Oku-gosho)

It also suggests an iso-enzyme test.
I'll take one (no- two) of them as well please,
Cheers
Laurie

Time: 31st March 2012 8:03pm

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jakfruit etiquette says...
Gailey and dai dai maru are used as pollinators(male)in Fuyu orchards, and both of these also set fruit.
Just to check, your tree is grafted, and not reverted to rootstock??

Time: 2nd April 2012 5:25pm

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Laurie says...
Hi jakfruit etiquette,
No, I kept an eye on it. BTW to avoid birds devouring too much of the crop, I harvest the fruit round about this time of year when still hard, and they ripen nicely inside the house within a week. Still keen on getting a Fuyu in this winter. Is there likely to be beneficial cross-pollination for later production?

Time: 2nd April 2012 7:55pm

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