Our Variety Assessment

Its strengths, growing requirements and the conditions in which it performs best.

Jiro is an excellent alternative to Fuyu when a slightly more compact non-astringent persimmon is wanted. Its flattened fruit is crisp, sweet and ready to eat straight after picking, without softening treatment. Young trees can crop irregularly, and some fruit may develop cracking at the tip. Thinning helps improve fruit size and encourages more consistent annual production.

Jiro

Price range: 38,00 € through 49,75 €

A popular self-fertile non-astringent Asian persimmon, with a bright orange skin and sweet soft flesh.

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SKU: 20335 Category: Persimmon trees

Description

Jiro is a popular non-astringent Asian or Japanese persimmon. Being non-astringent the fruits can be eaten fresh from the tree. The flesh is soft and crisp, similar to a soft apple, with a mild melon-like flavour. Jiro persimmons can also be used for baking, drying, and preserves.

Jiro ripens at the start of the pesimmon season, usually in late October.

Variety characteristics

Variety origin

Japanese variety of Diospyros kaki from the non-astringent group, now a benchmark garden and orchard variety. Exact origin date not found.

Origin

Period of origin

USDA zone

Flowering

Harvest period

Eating / keeping period

Use

Sweetness / acidity

Disease resistance

Self-fertility

Parthenocarpic, sets fruit without pollination

Origin and identity

Parentage

Selection of Diospyros kaki, exact parents unknown

Synonyms

Jiro, Jirō, Ichikikijiro

Growth and adaptation

Vigour and habit

Medium vigour, compact to semi-upright habit

Pollination

Compatible pollinating varieties

For reliable fruit set, plant at least one variety with a compatible flowering period nearby. Flowering period: 4 - late.

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Harvest calendar

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