Chocolate Persimmon is a small to medium size oblong fruit with bright red skin. Sweet, spicy, firm brown flesh with a few seeds when grown with a pollinizer, orange flesh and seedless without a pollinizer. Chocolate Persimmon has superb flavor - the choice of connoisseurs - astringent until ripe.
Growing Considerations for Chocolate Persimmon
USDA Zones: 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
Bloom Period: Very Late
Pollination Requirement: Self-Fertile
Harvest Period: Very Late
Low Chill: Yes
Disease Resistance: Excellent
Uses: Fresh Eating, Desserts / Pies, Cooking / Sauces, Canning / Preserves
Storage: 1-2 months
Years to Bear: 2-5 years
Recommended Spacing: 12-16 ft.
Rootstock: Lotus
Mature Size: 12-16 ft.
Pruning: Summer prune to maintain 8 ft.
Water Requierments: 4-8 gallons per week May through Sept.
Shape when Shipped: Whip (no branching)
Size supplied when shipped: 1/2 to 3/4 inch caliper*; Trees range from 4-8 ft. in our field and trimmed to 4 to 5 ft. when shipped. Our young two year trees are most often feathered (side limbs). *As noted by University of California Scientists and other qualified professionals the most successful trees often have caliper from 1/2" to 5/8" and usually establish faster than smaller and larger planting stock.
Shipping Note: Our fruit trees and berries are delivered to you bareroot during their winter dormancy from January through May depending on USDA zone. Trees are shipped with your invoice and helpful
planting directions. There is no minimum quantity required but shipping rate for an individual tree is expensive since UPS/Fed Ex charge a dimensional weight and an additional handling fee to ship a tree. You'll find it's cost effective to consider a handful of trees,vines or our helpful
Tree Starter Kits.
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