Suruga
Variety of Persimmon · Diospyros kaki
Very late, exceptionally sweet PCNA persimmon – long-keeping and ideal for the late season.
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3🇯🇵 Japan 1959
Taste & characteristics
Taste
firmmildsweet
Profile
- Parentage
- Hanagosho x Okugosho
- Pollination
- dioecious – separate male and female plants
- Fruit weight
- 240 g
Flowering & harvest
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Description
Fruit
Medium, roundish, deep-orange fruit with high sugar content and firm flesh.
Growth
PCNA type, needs a long, warm growing season to fully mature.
Yield
Good yields; late November harvest, excellent keeping quality.
Notes
Non-astringent, edible while firm; one of the sweetest Japanese cultivars.
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