All of the different cateogories

Cooperative Extension Farm Advisors for Persimmon
UC Specialists for Persimmon

General Sources

Mediterranean Fruits: Olive, Mandarin, Fig, Persimmon, Pomegranate, Pistachio, Loquat

Joan Tous and Louise Ferguson. In: J. Janick (ed.), Progress in new crops. ASHS Press, Arlington, VA. 1996

Production Management

Fruit, Nut and Grape Varieties for Home Orchards (pdf)

Ken R. Churches, UCCE Calaveras Co., and Lynn Wunderlich, UCCE El Dorado Co.2002 (5 pp.) UC Pub.EDA-1-02

Persimmon Fact Sheet

Dept. of Plant Sciences, UC Davis.

Physiological Disorder Fact Sheets: Apple, Grape, Olive, Pear, Persimmon, Pomegranate, Stonefruit

Carlos Crisosto, (ed.) Dept. of Plant Sciences, UC Davis, UC Postharvest Technology Research and Information Center

non-University of California Resources

Crop Knowledge: Persimmon

Univ. of Hawaii at Manoa

Crop Profile for Persimmons in California (pdf)

National Science Foundation Center for IPM. 1999 (7 pp.)

Farmer's Bookshelf: Persimmon

see link to Fruits, then Persimmon. Univ. of Hawaii at Manoa

Growing Oriental Persimmons in North Carolina

M.L. Parker, North Carolina Cooperative Extension Leaflet 337, 1993

Persimmon (Diospyros virginiana L.)

Center for New Crops and Plants Products, Purdue University

Persimmon Fruit Facts

California Rare Fruit Growers

Persimmon: Articles and Books

Northern Nut Growers Association

Persimmons: An Overview of Cultivars, Production, Harvesting and Marketing (PowerPoint to pdf)

Charles A. Brun, Washington State Univ. 57-slide overview

Organizations

California Fuyu Growers

Valley Center, CA

California Rare Fruit Growers

Fullerton, CA

California Specialty Crop Council

Fresno, CA

Northern Nut Growers Association

US and Canada, no California affiliates

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