Not a good year for me for Asian persimmon. I have a Sheng tree which is loaded and too tall to have thinned the fruit and am wondering now if I should be thanking the squirrels who will soon be plundering the fruit for saving the tree from self-destruction. Light fruit set otherwise all around. I have a multi-grafted tree with KSD which has not shown any rebound this year on the affected grafts, yet interestingly, some of the grafts which had shown evidence of disease last year show none this year. A smarter person would have removed this tree already and cut their losses, but I invested too much work into it and will continue to watch its slow demise.

Creekweb i am surprise about the treerats,they usely don't bother persimmon.I am in the middle of the Ozarks but they the plums.Most of my persimmon's are grown down hill grafted on natives, but if i a special small grafte tree close to the house i give it some special care.Here is a sample.This is a no name asian pers.given to me last winter.
Note tall cage,white bucket with 2 small holes in the bottom,i mean small 1/32" on each side,fill with rainwater and add 3 tbs of liguid fert.I use only Seagrow plus(2-1-2) from Nitron.com.You will see immediate growth.In the winter i will save one branch and the others for grafting.

pbob,
Don't know if it's the same, but I have the 'Rupp' persimmon, which came out of Beaumont TX; have had it growing for years here, on the recommendation of...either Eddie Rhoades in GA or Bonnie Childers in TX - can't recall which sent it to me now. Different leaf from most of the virginianas, though some are 'fuzzy' like Rupp; has not fruited(or else, I didn't get the fruits before the critters did) for me - but may have some this year - I've not looked at it.