Hello,

Anyone have any spare seeds of Russian Persimmon?

I have two supplies of regular persimmon, one from TGS, and another from Amishland. But it turns out Russian Persimmon is actually the variety I wanted. TGS has been sold out since late 2018.

Thanks very much!

Hi JosephineRose,
Are you good at starting old seeds?! I just looked through my collection and see I have about 25 from 2000 from Seed Savers and 2 from a private exchange with Tom Graves from 2009. You are welcome to try these and see if you can get one to germinate. Then save the seeds! I used to grow them but have since found other orange ones I like even better! Let me know what you think or maybe someone can offer you fresher ones. PM me your address and I will get them off to you ASAP. I have plenty of envelopes so nothing is necessary from you. Happy Holidays!
Gardadore (Jessica)

Would this also go by the name Yuko's Persimmon?

I didn't see that at Tatiana's, so I'm not sure.

Persimmon and Russian Persimmon are two different varieties. In fact, also two different Persoimmon with one being an old US variety and the other Ukrainian. All are orange.

Martin

Yuko's Persimmon was found in a patch of KBX (potato leaf) as a regular leaf plant by one of Casey's (of Casey's Heirlooms) customers. According to his description on his site he grew it out and got more regular leaf offspring. Carolyn Male assured him it was not a Kelloggs Breakfast throwback despite being a regular leaf but a new variety. Casey named it after his wife Yuko. I grew it in 2018 and found it was disappointing as it produced late, not many tomatoes and taste was not memorable. But it was a difficult summer for many of my varieties. It is supposed to produce throughout the summer and have a wonderful fruity flavor. It clearly deserves a second chance so I will try again in 2020. Didn't have room for it this last summer. I grow KBX every summer so this should be included for a proper comparison. I have also grown the Persimmon and Russian Persimmon and liked them as well but don't remember the difference as it was a while ago.

The word for persimmon in Russian is хурма which transliterates to Khurma or Hurma in English which may help you find what you're looking for.