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Bananaman88 · 12-03-2008, 03:01 PM

Stumpy,

I'm orginally from KY (not sure how far from where you are) and the zone there would be similar to yours. The only persimmon I know of that does well that far north is the one that Gina has already mentioned. It is known scientifically as Diospyros virginiana and is dioecious, meaning separate male and female plants. I ate some while I was home over Thanksgiving and my aunt had made a bread pudding out of persimmons (the Asian type, I think) that was great.

You might be able to find a nursery that carries persimmons, but I have never seen too many. We have a fruiting (and obviously female) tree in our yard back home and the male that provides the pollen must be in the woods nearby, but I don't know where. They don't have to be in real close proximity to each other, but I'm sure it helps to have several females and one male planted nearby for pollination, sort of how people do with 'China Boy' and 'China Girl' hollies or some of the deciduous hollies. If you can't find any at a nursery, your best bet may be to get some seed and grow a number of them and hope for a mix of sexes. Unfortunately, they will take a while to bear fruit.

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