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[bluespottedfrog]

so i walk by this tree everyday to work, at first i thought it was a peach, but when i went to check it out up close i noticed its maybe something else...?  the fruits look like apples, but are almost as soft as a peach.  and with the way the house is set up, unless i catch the owners in the front yard, im yet to even see a door i could knock on to even ask.

thanks

[New Wisdom]

They just look like yellow apples to me.  Did you feel any of the fruits. Were they hard?

[MadPlanter]

Might be a yellow variation of a persimmon?

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[cunningplatypus]

I don't know where you live, but I'm guessing it's a canistel (Pouteria campechiana). 

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[bluespottedfrog]

yeah, that could be helpful...  zone 7b, just outside little rock, ar   
im thinking MP is on it.  persimmons are kinda popular around here, but ive never seen that one.  may have to snag a cutting

[New Wisdom]

I think they look more like canistel than persimmon, but I don't know what grows where and all that stuff.  The pointed bottom part is very unique and I didn't notice it when I first saw it.

[MadPlanter]

Snag a fruit and get some seeds!

Whatever it is due to the cooler environment the seeds probably would need stratified.

[EIRN]

Diospyros sp.
In portuguese is caqui, in english I don't know

[MadPlanter]

I think that's the genus for persimmon in English. Could be wrong.

[EIRN]

I think that's the genus for persimmon in English. Could be wrong.

caqui = persimmon = diospyros kaki (and others species)

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[bluespottedfrog]

so i met the lady today on my way to work.  almost was late, sweet old lady, but we started talking about gardening and 

anywho, the tree is an asian persimmon cultivar (forget the name), two scions grafted to an american persimmon for a root stock (else it will get to cold here).  no dice on the seeds, this variety produces large, seedless fruits.  she did say she would start me a seedling for a stock and hook me up with some graftlings.

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[New Wisdom]

When it gets bigger I would love a cutting!!!!  I wonder if they would do well in zone 6b.

[bluespottedfrog]

cant see why not, im in 7b.  ill see if i can get a few cuttings this winter to pass around...  is also some wild perssions near where im at so im gonna collect some seeds.

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[bluespottedfrog]

update on the fruits...  sorry for the crappy pics, was in a hurry...