I just found a fasciated fuyu persimmon growing on my tree, super rare?

[brad]

I can't find any photos online of another one, has anyone seen this mutation before?  Very cool looking with 6 pedals 

Normal


Fasciated

[Galatians522]

Very nice! Maybe it is a bud sport and will keep throwing fruit like that.

[sc4001992]

Interesting. Looks like 2 fruits merged to one. My lemon fruits do that, but I have not seen it on persimmon fruits.

[sc4001992]

Brad, ok, maybe you do have something different. I just looked at 695 fruits from a Fuyu tree that I trimmed yesterday, and none had that type of fruits.

Check out my photos I just took today.

https://tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?topic=58954.0

[brad]

yes seems very rare, I haven't seen one before and I can't find any photos online.  I messaged the CRFG admins as well and they said they are asking persimmon experts to see if they have seen it before.

Sad thing is it seems there is no way to preserve this trait.  In the extremely unlikely chance there was a stable mutation on the branches tissue itself I'll try grafting if next season also gives a 6 pedal flower.  It would be so cool to have a full tree of 6 pedal fruit.

Last year I only got 5 ripe fruit out of hundreds from the tree because the squirrels stole almost all the unripe green ones, I'll bag this special fruit and hope for the best that I can provide a ripen fruit photo and a cross section.

[sc4001992]

So were there other normal fruits on the same branch? If yes, then it might be difficult to isolate the trait by grafting it. If you have other fruits on the same branch with 6 pedals then you have something that can be save buy grafting it. I wouldn't wait until next season to graft it. I would do it as soon as the fruit matures in winter.

If you have a large branch of these 6 pedals, then send me a small cutting and I will graft it on my large rootstock tree in-ground. I have a few other varieties I saved for someone else on this tree now. I'm taking cuttings of it from my graft and moving it onto a 5 gallon tree for the person who asked to save this special tree since they moved and couldn't take the tree.

[brad]

This is the only one, no other fruits on the branch with this trait

[sc4001992]

ok, then I would tie a colored tape or ID tag on the spot were the fruit was so you won't forget the exact part of the branch. When you cut/scion to graft later you know exactly the branch to take. Sometime if you cut much lower on the same branch it may not have the same type of fruit when it flowers & fruits in 2 years after you graft it.