hybrid persimmon
Interspecific hybrids of Diospyros virginiana and Diospyros kaki
Rosseyanka / Rossiyanka
PARENTAGE: #213 D.v. × #48 or #145 D.k.
BREEDER: A.K. Pasenkov, 1959
HARDINESS: -13F
Nikita's Gift / Nikitskaya Bordovaya
PARENTAGE: Rosseyanka x Open Pollinated
BREEDER: Oleksandr Kazas, 1975
HARDINESS: -10F
JT-02 / Mikkusu
PARENTAGE: Josephine D.v. x Taishu D.k.
BREEDER: hybridized in Japan via embryo rescue, grown by Jerry Lehman
HARDINESS: -22F
FLAVOR:
Kasandra
PARENTAGE: (Great Wall D.k x Rosseyanka F2) x D. Virginiana
BREEDER: Hybridized by David Lavergne, grown by Cliff England
HARDINESS: -16F
FLAVOR: Many people report it being their favorite tasting persimmon cultivar. Brix 21
NB-02 / Zima Khurma
PARENTAGE: Nikita's Gift × Taishu D.k.
BREEDER: Hybridized in Japan, imported by Jerry Lehman
HARDINESS: -16F
FLAVOR: Outstanding
+drops ripe fruit, a rare hybrid trait
Dar Sofiyivky / Gift of Sofiyivka - earliest hybrid
PARENTAGE: Kolhospnytsia D.k. × D.v.
HARDINESS: -20F
FLAVOR:
Gora Roman Kosh / Mount Roman Kosh
PARENTAGE: Nikita's Gift x open pollinated
HARDINESS: -8F
FLAVOR:
Pamyati Chernyaeva / In Memory of Chernyaev
PARENTAGE:
HARDINESS: -8F or -16F
FLAVOR:
SIZE: Large fruit for a hybrid persimmon - 5 inches
For additions or corrections please email interwovenpermaculture@gmail.com
SOURCES: Scouring the internet
+ Introduction, Breeding and Use of Persimmon Species (Diospyros spp.) in Ukraine
+ growingfruit.org/t/list-of-hybrid-persimmon-species-available-in-usa
+ US Hybrid Persimmon List Google doc