WS8-10
Variety of Persimmon · Diospyros virginiana
Very late-ripening variety, ideal for wildlife and an extended harvest.
Also known as: Deer Magnet, Deer Candy
🇺🇸 USA 1990
Taste & characteristics
Taste
sweet
Profile
- Parentage
- 90-Chromosomen-Rasse (Nordform)
- Breeder
- Selektion
- Pollination
- dioecious – separate male and female plants
- Fruit weight
- 30 g
Flowering & harvest
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Description
Fruit
Medium sweet fruit that ripens very late and hangs long on the tree.
Growth
Cold-hardy, robust tree.
Yield
Extends the season into late autumn.
Notes
Popular with hunting and wildlife gardeners.
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