Thanks Bear! Retail Garden Center: Call 1-800-247-5864 A special self-fertile persimmon from Ukraine. How do you like yours? The flavor is candy sweet and possesses nuances of baking spices, raisins and brown sugar. Not a typo but maybe subject to interpretation. I had to sit down and do a little homework before asking my follow-up questions. All times are GMT-5. Those last two are in that first stage, of just surviving and putting down roots, and might shoot up next year if nature allows. Zones: 6-9. They have no insect problems. I also live in Delaware. Large fruit, and for whatever reason the birds seem to be leaving it alone.Think you might want to consider aronia, if you're looking for an easy care, very nutritious fruit.Consider wineberries for the shaded areas? so being put in a box for a few days tends to upset her. Wanting to do everything in the northern lower pennisula of Michigan, Fruit Trees and Berries that Grow Best in Your Area Naturally- Continental Climate Hardiness Zone 4. Pollination Requirements: Self-fertile $0.00. It may catch the NG in size next year at this rate. Zones 6-9. I have seen this before. When do to you pick them? The flavorful texture of the Nikitskaya Bordovaya persimmon is like an egg custard or like a ripe, aromatic soft peach. Waste of money D 09/05/2022 DOUG HAWXHURST Persimmon tree So far so good. You could try to graft a female variety onto a male persimmon at say 10 feet or so, but it is rather experimental, as it may break off. Monday Friday: 10:00am 4:00pm PST. Cumminsnursery.com.This domain provided by tierra.net at 2000-10-06T21:31:18Z (22 Years, 144 Days ago), expired at 2029-10-06T21:31:18Z (6 Years, 220 Days left). Sign up for exclusive offers, plant puns, original stories, and more. Apparently they dont mind Neem. I would much rather have less fruit with no seeds. Meader - if there are any native males around, will likely be fully seeded, and not remarkably better/different than most native D.virginianas. I am looking forward to eating the fruit from my Great Wall persimmon tree that should bear in the next couple of years. If you grew those in Seattle area, you are the pawpaw king! Im very happy to hear this too. Its superb flavor is the choice of connoisseurs. Persimmon trees are beautiful backyard additions with delicious fruit. So my guess is, yes. I and a few colleagues were eating dinner with Brie Arthur in Raleigh in 2013. $29.99 - $135.00 Diospyrus kaki x virginiana 'Nikita's Gift' As hardy as the American persimmon and as large as the Asian, Nikita's large crops of 2-1/2 inch, flattish, red-orange fruit are certainly gifts. They have no insect problems. Ripens late season, reaches roughly 12-15 tall & is self-fertile. Both are smaller trees just 10-15 feet in height with an abundance of smaller fruit. $0.00. I ate some and picked most out. One fruit developed this year and I surrounded it with a plastic bag to prevent the foxes from stealing it. They all have the little TM trade mark symbol, so I would think they have to be true to the name (50/50 cross?) The taste was great but no texture. Trust God, but always tether your camel to this tiny ad. I agree with the suggestion to check out hybrids. I planted a Nikita's Gift a few years ago that wilted and died a few months after planting in the spring, it didn't even make it to its first winter. Now Im planning to add Chocolate and CoffeeCake at the other end of my 2 acre property, because Id rather they pollinate each other but not Nikitas gift or Saijo. I also like Early Golden and Ruby, although for our climate, Ruby ripens late enough that they won't ripen in some years. So far this year they have already grown that much since being in my greenhouse for 3 weeks already. Persimmon Trees - Nikita's Gift (Astringent). A great quality fruit with texture that varies with maturity. Hardy, small tree at 12' in height. I have no helpful advice to give - except to say - Ive heard multiple reports that Rosseyanka does better around here. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED -. I wonder if rootstocks change things too. 'Fuyu' and its large hybrid 'Jiro' will grow in zones 6-10. You may only view thumbnails in this gallery. Weve eaten persimmons already. I am told they do well in the UK so should be fine in our climate. Maybe its warmer in town. View full details Original price $29.99 - Original price $135.00 Original price. $0.00. 4 Another western WA nursery that has N Gift is Raintree nursery. Astringent until ripened off the tree and eaten when soft. If I don't, the Asian persimmon trees will die to the snow line. I bought a Nikitas gift last year in the spring it never leafed out but the branches still bent so protected it in case it would this year this spring the branches broke when bent. it died RIP..6A. When I (later) brought to his attention Lee Reich's book, on the point of some cultivars being self-pollinating, he allowed that might be the case.In any event, last year I planted what I've come to believe to be a self-fertile American Persimmons by the name of Szukis (yes, a Lee Reich recommendation). It had only a handful of flowers, and fruits, this year. BallisticBird In the northern regions, it is better to grow hybrid persimmon varieties. Thank you for those Daniel. Add the bypass destination information to the template file. One of the top plant introductions to date, Nikitas Gift is a Ukrainian cross of American persimmon and Asian persimmon created at Nikita Botanic Garden in Yalta, Ukraine. It's a nice persimmon, not a great persimmon - just one that's widely propagated and distributed by a number of nurseries. The persimmons at the Arboretum looked like they were in for a good season last I checked so I'm really hoping to get to taste some of these varieties I haven't had before. That's great information about Szukis being a smaller variety. Are they supposed to be? The only real solution is to distract myself with seed and plant catalogs and dream about all the new exciting introductions that I will simply have to find a home for once it warms up and dries out. Your trees are so beautiful. I've only eaten two or three in past years. I just set it out this spring. Quantity. Also have a semi-dwarf apple tree & a dwarf nectarine, a little less carefree.I hope an American persimmon will round things out. It was a very hot dry summer, I did not water them at all. The tree is early to start growth in the spring and is sometimes injured by freezing temperatures. Parthenocarpy in the Caucasian persimmon is the norm, not the entire crop on all trees, but some part. Persimmon are not reliable true to seed and seedlings should not be labeled the cultivar name of the parent as they may or may not be similar. I have Nikitas Gift, Rosseyanka, Saijo and Yates that have been in pots for going on three season. I don't spray anything.Olga. The objective of this study was to assess the ploidy level of commercially available American persimmon cultivars and native Kentucky persimmon populations. We graft theNikita'sGiftpersimmon onto native American persimmon root stock. Ramv you are getting a great crop! And, after dinner Brie pipped up that she had some NIKITA'S GIFT persimmons to share. Im hoping I dont have to build a protective tent over these trees every year into perpetuity. The Japanese or Oriental Persimmon is a native Asian plant that has been in cultivation for many centuries. Prok is a little like a scorn shape. It was slower getting established. Flow cytometer analysis showed that only four of the selected cultivars were from the tetraploid race: Ennis Seedless, Weeping, Sugar Bear, and SFES; the remaining cultivars were from the hexaploid race. and not crossed any further(like your seeds you started). I got a Nakitas Gift. I ripped it out this spring finally. Persimmon scionwood is generally available from mid November through the end of February. Again, no watering there. His list includes Americans, Asians, and hybrids. USDA Zone:5-9, Phone: 1-877-353-4028 We are now offering $15 flat rate shipping for all tree orders! My only wish is that they had more to choose from as we would love to order from them again. Kelby, You have Nikita's Gift if not from me from some else right? Bryant RedHawk wrote:Watch the fruit color change, a ripe persimmon will be purplish (this is when they fall to the ground and usually break open) and a just right for picking color is when they go orange with a tinge of the purple color starting to show up. The tree grows as a multi-trunked or single-stemmed deciduous tree to 25 feet high and wide. All times are GMT-5. We were to take a few and let them sit on the counter for a week or so to ripen . Next I noticed large parts of the leaves being eaten but couldnt find any insects on the tree. But I know both from reading and personal experience that an all-female Prok (American) will produce seedless fruit -- and lots of it. Fruits are more reminiscent of an astringent-til-ripe kaki than the typical virginiana - thicker skin that contains the soft, gelatinous pulp. Houzz nutzt Cookies und hnliche Technologien, um Ihre Benutzererfahrung zu personalisieren, Ihnen relevante Inhalte bereitzustellen und die Produkte und Dienstleistungen zu verbessern. And for a great price! Ripens in October & reaches roughly 12-15 tall. It produces smallish fruit for me. Thank you for your nice comments. It's a young tree and has a little too much shade. Only 5 years old in ground. Nikita's Gift is not 50/50 it's 75 Kaki/25 Virginiana It's seed mother Rosseyanka is 50/50 crossed back to Kaki. This page was generated at 08:56 AM. My new trees of Chocolate (Tsurunoko) and Coffee Cake (Nishimura Wase) are on D. virgiana, but all I can say so far is they survived this summer. It is usually about 30% female. The first NIKITA'S GIFT persimmon I ate was a present. It's a American x Asian hybrid. I also didnt care for the taste that much when I tried it last year. They get damage in their first coulpe years, but overgrow it really fast. The Hachiya Persimmon Tree is an upright-spreading, vigorous tree variety that produces rich, sweet delicious fruits in . Ive been going out at night to check the trees and hand pick. An Asian variety that is deep orange in coloring and slightly elongated and rounded in shape. The fruit have exceptionally sweet flavor when ripe (you'll know when they fall off the tree). A guy I know out here grew it for years but it literally "broke" and died. I like to know if anyone has had success fruiting asian persimmons in a pot. The Nakita's Gift Persimmon Trees fruit is about 3 inches long with a rather flat shape. What a carefree fruit tree. the fall color is beautiful even without leaves. I hope that doesnt offend anyone, and maybe soneone with experience in Japanese language and culture can clarify. The bright reddish-orange fruit is about 3" wide and somewhat flattened on top. and Coffee Cake (Nishimura Wase) Persimmons. 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