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bencelest
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Joined: 13 Nov 2005
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Location: Salinas, California
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| Posted: Wed 15 Nov, 2006 10:31 pm |
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Fall came to my backyard
They are Foyu persimmons On the right is Joe Real's calalmondn
On the right is a mandarin
On the left is Satsuma and on the right is a mandarin
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Ned
Citrus Guru
Joined: 14 Nov 2005
Posts: 999
Location: Port Royal, SC (Zone 8b)
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| Posted: Thu 16 Nov, 2006 12:01 am |
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Great looking persimmon - not a blemish on the foliage! |
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BabyBlue11371
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Joined: 28 Nov 2005
Posts: 830
Location: SE Kansas
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| Posted: Thu 16 Nov, 2006 12:45 am |
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Beautiful Benny!!!
Gina *BabyBlue*
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ginabug
Joined: 08 Dec 2005
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| Posted: Thu 16 Nov, 2006 2:48 pm |
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Absolutely gorgeous!!
I noticed in the 3rd pic about 6 empty barrels against the fence.. Benny... you are a bad bad boy. |
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bencelest
Citruholic
Joined: 13 Nov 2005
Posts: 1595
Location: Salinas, California
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| Posted: Thu 16 Nov, 2006 3:47 pm |
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Thanks Ned and to the two georgeous gals Ginababy and Ginnabug!
Ginabug:
Oh, THAT!
Those are Joe's wine barrels he used to ferment his Fuyo persimmon wines that I got for free. I always get a lot of freebes from Joe.
It licked I mean leaked so he gave it to me.
You ought to see the 6 bottles of Fuyo wines he gave me. Both me and my wife's pictures are on the label.
Now, I don't even want to open it. It has to be a very special occation before I will open one. |
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bencelest
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Joined: 13 Nov 2005
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Location: Salinas, California
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| Posted: Mon 15 Oct, 2007 9:43 pm |
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It looks like I will have a bountiful harvest of my 4 fuyo persimmon trees this year. 10 15 07
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bencelest
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Location: Salinas, California
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| Posted: Mon 15 Oct, 2007 9:50 pm |
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Fuyo persimmonn2 10 15 07
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bencelest
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Location: Salinas, California
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| Posted: Mon 15 Oct, 2007 9:56 pm |
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fuyo persimmon3 10 15 07
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Skeeter
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Joined: 23 Jul 2006
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Location: Pensacola, FL zone 9
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| Posted: Tue 16 Oct, 2007 1:30 am |
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How does the fuyo compare with the jiro and izu persimmons?
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bencelest
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Location: Salinas, California
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| Posted: Thu 18 Oct, 2007 2:30 pm |
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Skeet:
It's too early to tell.
I am not familiar with Jiro and Izu persimmons. In fact the only pers that I know is Fuyo and hachiya. Hach is not my favorite but fuyo only.
I was successful grafting the jiro and izu but perhaps next year they will fruit. |
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mrtexas
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Joined: 02 Dec 2005
Posts: 1030
Location: 9a Missouri City,TX
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| Posted: Thu 18 Oct, 2007 11:49 pm |
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I have tasted around 15 persimmon varieties. Most taste about the same. Saijo and Giombo are excellent. I've grafted a leader of saijo on my giombo tree. I've been eating giombo fruit for a few weeks, fabulous! My ichi ke kei jiros are starting to get ready. I have to put zip lock bags around the fruit as the birds would eat every one! |
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bencelest
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Joined: 13 Nov 2005
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Location: Salinas, California
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| Posted: Fri 19 Oct, 2007 1:10 am |
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And here's my Fuji apples
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Skeeter
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Joined: 23 Jul 2006
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Location: Pensacola, FL zone 9
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| Posted: Fri 19 Oct, 2007 1:31 am |
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Nice apples Benny-- after a year in Japan, my son told me that what he would miss the most is the Fuji apples. We had never tasted them here, but after he told us about them we saw them in the store---they are the best apple!
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JoeReal
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Joined: 16 Nov 2005
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Location: Davis, California
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| Posted: Fri 19 Oct, 2007 2:18 am |
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| mrtexas wrote: | | I have tasted around 15 persimmon varieties. Most taste about the same. Saijo and Giombo are excellent. I've grafted a leader of saijo on my giombo tree. I've been eating giombo fruit for a few weeks, fabulous! My ichi ke kei jiros are starting to get ready. I have to put zip lock bags around the fruit as the birds would eat every one! |
That's great! I assume you are eating them soft ripe. Are Saijo and Giombo astringent when firm? Just for my own confirmation. Birds, rats, raccoons love the non-astringent types. |
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JoeReal
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Location: Davis, California
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| Posted: Fri 19 Oct, 2007 2:19 am |
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Benny, I have been harvesting persimmons since last week of August, and I am still harvesting now. There's more to come!
My apples ripen way ahead of yours. I have very little apples left. |
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