Persimmons for California

Ryugo, K; Schroeder, C; Sugiura, A; Yonemori, K

Persimmons for California

Authors

Kay Ryugo
Charles A. Schroeder
Akira Sugiura
Keizo Yonemori

Publication Information

Hilgardia 42(4):7-9. DOI:10.3733/ca.v042n04p7. July 1988.

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Abstract

Although the name ‘persimmon’ is American, of Algonquian origin, the major cultivars grown commercially in California belong to a species first brought to the United States from Japan in the 1800s. Most of these cultivars have distinct differences in fruit size, shape, and color.

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