Agakaki Persimmon

It produces small sized fruits. A pollination variant non astringent (PVNA) type. Fruit shape is very flat, with a roundish to squarish cross section. Best time to harvest is when fruits have red skin color. When ripe, flesh is dark-brown in color when pollinated. Sugar content of the fruit is low. It has sub-triangular seeds that are medium to small sized. This cultivar is mainly used for fruit production. Its fruits ripen very early in the season. Cultivar originated from Japan. The female flowers are medium sized. Frost resistance is medium. The fruits after cold storage have poor to fair taste quality. It flowers are of the intermediate to late type. Tree ripened fruits have poor to fair taste. Fruit production has medium reliability. A vigorous tree. Fruits are primarily used as dessert. It bears female and male flowers. It has very good grafting compatibility on Diospyrus lotus rootstock. It has high parthenocarpic fruit sets.