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Andrey_BY · January 5, 2007

There is also a wild Asian type of persimmon called Diospyros lotus or Persimmon Caucasian as we called it. It is wildly grows in Azerbaijan, Georgia, Middle and Central Asia, North of China, S.Korea and Japan. Is has much smaller fruits, but a tree is much more vigorous than Eastern (Oriental) persimmon and usually becomes a very good rootstock for D.kaki. Hardy for Zone 7+!
The fruit has an exquisitely rich flavour when it is fully ripe (almost at the point of going bad), but it is very harsh and astringent before then.

January 5, 2007	#14
Andrey_BY Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Minsk, Belarus, Eastern Europe (Zone 4a) Posts: 2,278	There is also a wild Asian type of persimmon called Diospyros lotus or Persimmon Caucasian as we called it. It is wildly grows in Azerbaijan, Georgia, Middle and Central Asia, North of China, S.Korea and Japan. Is has much smaller fruits, but a tree is much more vigorous than Eastern (Oriental) persimmon and usually becomes a very good rootstock for D.kaki. Hardy for Zone 7+! The fruit has an exquisitely rich flavour when it is fully ripe (almost at the point of going bad), but it is very harsh and astringent before then. __________________ 1 kg=2.2 lb , 1 m=39,37 in , 1 oz=28.35 g , 1 ft=30.48 cm , 1 lb= 0,4536 kg , 1 in=2.54 cm , 1 l = 0.26 gallon , 0 C=32 F Andrey a.k.a. TOMATODOR