Post by Alan on Oct 19, 2009 21:43:14 GMT -5
I'll try to get a pick up here shortly and when I can.
I've been out on expeditions locally collecting and identifying local fruit trees and stands and collecting seed/making plans to return next season to the very best specimens to collect scion wood for grafting.
Anyhow, I have found two outstanding persimmon stands of great merit in my opinion.
One in the backyard of a friend, 14 huge trees loaded down with absolutely delicious and small/somewhat seedy persimmons probably of the early golden persuasion.
But a neigbor had the real treasure trove.
3 trees....his father had grafted in the 1960's. Loaded down with 2 1/2 inch to 3 inch persimmons....and they aren't D. Khaki either.
I asked him where his father got the scion wood and weather they were from cultivated varieties. They were not. They were found in the blue river bottoms down from the house, he took scion wood and grafted them onto cultivated rootstock.
Anyhow, I'm collecting seed and will be collecting cuttings in the spring as well.
But I'm still researching persimmons, it seems of all the many fruit crops those of us on our little forum may be interested in it is the common american persimon which needs the most work towards perfection.
Recently Karen (plantsnoobin) attended the Indiana Fruit and Nut growers association and set me up there as well. The IFNGA has access to the James Claypool perssimon breeding collection filled with terrific cultivars, you can find the story and his breeding notes here:
www.nutgrowers.org/persimmon.htm
I pass this info on only trying to get others interested in helping to develop the novel germplasm that we now have access to.
I've been out on expeditions locally collecting and identifying local fruit trees and stands and collecting seed/making plans to return next season to the very best specimens to collect scion wood for grafting.
Anyhow, I have found two outstanding persimmon stands of great merit in my opinion.
One in the backyard of a friend, 14 huge trees loaded down with absolutely delicious and small/somewhat seedy persimmons probably of the early golden persuasion.
But a neigbor had the real treasure trove.
3 trees....his father had grafted in the 1960's. Loaded down with 2 1/2 inch to 3 inch persimmons....and they aren't D. Khaki either.
I asked him where his father got the scion wood and weather they were from cultivated varieties. They were not. They were found in the blue river bottoms down from the house, he took scion wood and grafted them onto cultivated rootstock.
Anyhow, I'm collecting seed and will be collecting cuttings in the spring as well.
But I'm still researching persimmons, it seems of all the many fruit crops those of us on our little forum may be interested in it is the common american persimon which needs the most work towards perfection.
Recently Karen (plantsnoobin) attended the Indiana Fruit and Nut growers association and set me up there as well. The IFNGA has access to the James Claypool perssimon breeding collection filled with terrific cultivars, you can find the story and his breeding notes here:
www.nutgrowers.org/persimmon.htm
I pass this info on only trying to get others interested in helping to develop the novel germplasm that we now have access to.