i just bit into the persimmon fuyu and it has a seed???? o_o

That is really weird cause I bought three the other day and made pudding with them tonight and I expected to find a seed or some seeds and didn't find any?!? Mine were fuyu persimmons as well, I liked the taste of the pudding tho...

i've never had seeds in them before ever! i had no idea they had seeds!! horaaay! seeds rule! i've had like five so far and 4 out of five have had seeds. =)

I will get some more and just eat them whole, I sliced a piece for my daughter and she really liked it, but I threw it in the blender too fast to taste just the persimmons. Good reason to get some more tomorrow.

someone should design a persimmon purse that is shaped like a persimmon.

wow a seed!!! Strange!

I ate about 15, both hachiya and fuyu, over the past few days and never saw any seed. I remember thinking- from what does the persimmons plant grow ?

Persimmons have seeds when they're pollinated with pollen from another persimmon tree of the opposite sex. Otherwise, no seed:

"Many cultivars are parthenocarpic (setting seedless fruit without pollination), although some climates require pollination for adequate production. When plants not needing pollination are pollinated, they will produce fruits with seeds and may be larger and have a different flavor and texture than do their seedless counterparts."

(from the California Rare Fruit Growers website.)



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/10/2009 11:40PM by doghouse reilly.

Wow, I feel cheated, no pollination, no seed!?! Oh well, they still tasted great.

Deb

doghouse reilly Wrote:
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> Persimmons have seeds when they're pollinated with
> pollen from another persimmon tree of the opposite
> sex. Otherwise, no seed:
>
> "Many cultivars are parthenocarpic (setting
> seedless fruit without pollination), although some
> climates require pollination for adequate
> production. When plants not needing pollination
> are pollinated, they will produce fruits with
> seeds and may be larger and have a different
> flavor and texture than do their seedless
> counterparts."
>
> (from the California Rare Fruit Growers website.)


True, and tested. I have several trees, and never had seeds until I introduced a new variety in the orchard and some trees started to get seeds. Usually, the commercial varieties don't have seeds because you have male and female trees and only one of the two will get seeds if pollinated by the other. Commercially, the usually don't mix them and sell the ones that won't get seeds. I bet your fuyus with seeds were not square shape with a flat bottom, but more kind of roundish with a round bottom too.

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i went to a farmers market today and i had a regular persimmon, and IT had seeds!!!!