It's Fuyu....that bowl weighed 6lbs of fruit.

Деннис, в России культивируют приемущественно Гигантскую Фуйю. В наших садах самые мелкие плоды восточной хурмы сортов Зенджи-Мару и Сэйджо.

My tree is a little over 9 feet tall.  I have a Sajio and Haychia planted adjacent to my Fuyu.  Sajio an Haychia is much smaller and younger than my Fuyu.  All 3 survived temps down to 5 degrees last year.  Hope this year is a mild one!

I have wild native persimmons which I like very much, once I determined when and how to harvest them so there was no astringency left. I poke the tree daily with my finger and whatever falls is good.

I'd been looking into larger astringent types since they are supposed to be more flavorful and sweet than the non-astringent varieties when I found info on the chocolate flesh types including these two lesser known chocolate types:

Maru "cinnamon spice"

Amagaki Hyakume "sugar"

I read something about them being difficult to work with or the fruit not being very good in some cases.

Any experience?

Has anyone found other types to be better all around than chocolate?

http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2012/11/09/in-search-of-the-chocolate-persimmon/

http://www.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DmPPA4Y80mFo&ei=bJQ_VO_0NcyiyATwhoHYBQ&usg=AFQjCNEX7WbGtGrGwr79MxGKyjujcj5kNA

Just picked up a Yamato Hyakume. 

I have a small imoto fuyu on d. Virginiana here in zone 6. Can I protect itthe same way as I would with figs? I was planning on adding extra mulch and piling up some leaves on top. any suggestions?

I saw in various sources that perssimons can be propagated by taking "root cuttings".

does anyone have any experience doing this?

Эли ,размножить таким способом можно только виргинскую хурму. Я имею ввиду корневую поросль или по другому -отпрыски.

Vladis i know , i will graft on these after a good variety.
As i saw i need few 3-4cm root cuttins and sucess rate is 50% to sustain them.

Эли, укажите ссылку на метод ,который Вы планируете использовать в своей практике. Я делал прививание на сеянцы Диоспирус Лотус и на Хачию. Есть несколько привитых растений на дикую виргинскую хурму.

Hi,
A neighbor planted a kaki/persimon .
The tree got top killed in February 2012, and the tree resprouted from the bottom trunk - that is under the graft.
So having an hardy root-stock is good, but the grafted portion needs as well to be adapted to your zone.
That tree did make no fruit since it was top killed ... I'm curious to know what the fruits of the root-stock will look like.
Kaki need to be protected just like fig trees in Zone7 .
I've been thinking about planting a kaki, but those trees seem to be too big/high for my small garden ...
I'll wait a bit, perhaps a more compact and productive strain will appear in some years...

Found a very informative video about Japan and persimmons:

What is the best way to support the branches and keep the tree looking great?

I picked a couple this morning. They need more time.