Prok
Variety of Persimmon · Diospyros virginiana
Large-fruited, self-fertile go-to variety for the home garden.
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5🇺🇸 USA 1968
Taste & characteristics
Taste
sweetaromatic
Profile
- Parentage
- 90-Chromosomen-Rasse (Nordform)
- Breeder
- Selektion A. J. Prokupek
- Pollination
- dioecious – separate male and female plants
- Fruit weight
- 45 g
Flowering & harvest
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Description
Fruit
Very large, bright orange fruit with rich sweet flavour; one of the largest named cultivars.
Growth
Vigorous, cold-hardy tree.
Yield
Early, good yields; valued as a reliable pollinator.
Notes
Self-fertile; a frequently recommended all-round tree.
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