Khaki

Highly resistant to cold and adapted to the European climate, the persimmon tree is undemanding and very generous in fruit. It does not require pollination to bear fruit.
Cultivated persimmons are either Asian (Diospyros lotus) or American (Diospyros virginiana) in origin.
For most varieties, the fruit is eaten very ripe, when it becomes soft and loses its astringency.
They are generally harvested while still hard, and then left to ripen slowly in a cool, shady spot (such as a balcony)
Harvesting takes place in autumn or winter, depending on the variety.
Pick with scissors, cutting off the stalk to guarantee preservation.

List of varieties:

Nikita’s Gift (Hybrid Diospyros kaki x Diospyros virginiana). AVAILABLE JUNE 2025
A hybrid between Asian persimmon and American persimmon, of Ukrainian origin.
The tree is very vigorous and productive, with rapid fruit set and early harvest (October).
Fruits are red, medium-sized, to be eaten ripe and soft.

Meader (Diospyros virginiana).
Early American variety (late September).
Highly resistant to cold (-25 degrees)
Small, very numerous fruits, dense pulp with a distinctive vanilla taste, a little exotic, to be eaten ripe.

Sheng (Diospyros kaki).
Rare, early Asian variety (early October).
Medium-sized, productive tree.
Beautiful, bright orange, flat, six-lobed fruit, eaten blue.

Jiro (Diospyros kaki).
Asian variety, early (mid-October).
Large, flattened, orange-yellow fruit, very sweet.
Can be eaten hard as an apple (mid-October) or mushy (November), not astringent.

Fuyu (Diospyros kaki). AVAILABLE JUNE 2025.
Classic Japanese variety, early ripening, late October (hard).
Large, slightly square fruit, very red at the end of ripening, when it becomes soft.
Can be crunched like an apple (late-October) or blet (late-November), non-astringent.

Hatchiya (Diospyros kaki). AVAILABLE JUNE 2025.
An astringent variety popular in California, ripening normally (November-December).
A smooth, elongated, bright orange fruit that keeps well in the refrigerator.
Also suitable for drying.

David Kandy (Diospyros kaki x Diospyros virginiana). AVAILABLE JUNE 2025.
Probably the most cold-resistant variety (-35C).
Medium-sized fruit, to be eaten as early as October, with an excellent taste.
A long harvest is possible: the fruit can remain on the tree until the end of December.