Diospyros kaki ‘Maekawa Jiro’ (Maekawa Jiro Persimmon) fruit giving the shrub a fine-textured

giving the shrub a fine-textured

and soft red

is an elegant rose variety admired for its soft white blooms brushed with delicate shades of pink

avenue planting

The fruits are too sour for fresh eating but deliver an intense flavour and excellent setting quality for marmalades

Diospyros kaki ‘Maekawa Jiro’ (Maekawa Jiro Persimmon) fruit giving the shrub a fine-texturedDiospyros kaki Maekawa Jiro, commonly known as Maekawa Jiro Persimmon, is a cold hardy, compact deciduous fruit tree valued for its excellent quality, non astringent fruit. It produces large, seedless persimmons that can be eaten firm like an apple when fully coloured. This early ripening variety is slightly ahead of standard Jiro types and is well suited to smaller gardens due to its manageable size and strong structure. It is self fertile and