Persimmon Resources & Links
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Fruit and Nut Information (this website) - Persimmon (a listing of useful links)
Florida publications
Oriental Persimmons in Florida
Insect Management in Oriental Persimmon
Information for Home Gardeners
Growing Temperate Tree Fruit and Nut Crops in the Home Garden and Landscape
California Backyard Orchard: Persimmon
Nurseries in California
References
Bellini, E. 2002. Cultural practices for persimmon production. First Mediterranean symposium on persimmon 51: 39–52. Retrieved March 10, 2013: Brun, C. A. Persimmons: an overview of cultivars, production, harvesting and marketing.
UC Fruit & Nut Research and Information Center: Persimmon. Powerpoint file retrieved Feb. 14, 2012: http://fruitsandnuts.ucdavis.edu/datastore/?ds=391&reportnumber=612&catcol=2806&categorysearch=Persimmon
California County Agricultural Commissioners' Report 2012. USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service California Field Office:Retrieved 1 Sep 2014: http://www.nass.usda.gov/Statistics_by_State/California/Publications/AgComm/Detail/
CaliFuyu. California Fuyu Growers Assoc., Valley Center, CA. Retrieved Feb. 14, 2012: http://www.sdfarmbureau.org/fuyu
Carroll, D. 2013. Persimmon pest management in San Joaquin Valley. Retrieved on March 5, 2013: http://aaie.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Persimmon-Pest-Management-in-the-San-Joaquin-Valley.pdf
Das, S., Shillington, L., and Hammett, T. 2001. Fact Sheet 13: Persimmon. Non-Timber Forest Products. Retrieved Feb. 16, 2012: http://www.sfp.forprod.vt.edu/factsheets/persimmon.pdf
Farrar, K. 1999. Crop Profile for Persimmons in California. Retrieved on March 5, 2013: http://www.ipmcenters.org/cropprofiles/docs/capersimmons.pdf
Hartman, H.T., Kester D.E., Davies, F.T., and Geneve R.L., 2010. Hartmann and Kester’s Plant Propagation: Principles and Practices. 8th ed. Chapter 19 Propagation Methods and Rootstocks for Fruit and Nut Species. p. 728-29. Retrieved Oct. 20, 2011: http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/faculty/davies/index.html
LaRue, J.H., Opitz, K.W., and Beutel, J.A. 1982. Growing persimmons in California. Division of Agricultural sciences University of California leaflet 21277. Retrieved on March 2, 2013: http://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/sustainag/extn_pub/fruitpubs/Growing%20Persimmons.pdf
Morton, J. 1987. Japanese Persimmon in: J. Morton, Fruits of Warm Climates. Miami, FL: 411-416. Retrieved on Feb. 14, 2012: http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/japanese_persimmon.html
Ryugo, K., Schroeder, C., Sugiura, A., and Yonemori, K. 1988. Persimmons for California. California Agriculture July-Aug. p. 7-9. Retrieved on March 5, 2013: http://ucce.ucdavis.edu/files/repositoryfiles/ca4204p7-68792.pdf
Tetsumura, T., Tao, R., and Yukinaga H. 1999. Orchard growth, flowering and fruiting of micropropagated Japanese persimmon trees. J. of Horticultural Science and Biotechnology 74(2): 251-253. Woodburn, K.R., Andersen, P.C. 1996. Pollination and pollen source influence fruit of oriental persimmon ‘Fuyu’ and ‘Tanenashi’. HortScience 31(2):218-221. http://hortsci.ashspublications.org/content/31/2/218.full.pdf
Yamada, M., Giordani, E., and Yonemori, K. 2012. Persimmon.pp 663-693 In Fruit Breeding. Badenes M.L. and Byrne D. (eds). Handbook of plant breeding.ISBN 978-1-4419-0762-2. Springer New York Dordrecht Heidelberg London.