hybrid persimmon
Interspecific hybrids of Diospyros virginiana and Diospyros kaki
Rosseyanka / Rossiyanka - First hybrid persimmon
PARENTAGE: no. 213 D.v. × form 48 or 145 D.k.
BREEDER: A.K. Pasenkov, 1958
HARDINESS: -13F
Nikita's Gift / Nikitskaya Bordovaya
PARENTAGE: open pollinated seedling of Rosseyanka
BREEDER: Oleksandr Kazas, 1975
HARDINESS: -10F
JT-02 / Mikkusu
PARENTAGE: Josephine D.v. x Taishu D.k.
BREEDER: Jerry Lehman
HARDINESS: -22F
FLAVOR:
Kasandra
PARENTAGE: Great Wall D.k x Rossey 2
BREEDER: David Lavergne, US
HARDINESS: -16F
FLAVOR: Many people report it being their favorite tasting persimmon cultivar. Brix 21
Holds fruit until picked
Ripens at the same time as JT-02
NB-02 / Zima Khurma
PARENTAGE: Nikita's Gift × Taishu D.k.
HARDINESS: -16F
FLAVOR:
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
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SOURCES: Scouring the internet + growingfruit.org/t/list-of-hybrid-persimmon-species-available-in-usa