Chocolate Persimmon
Deciduous Asian persimmon producing orange fruit with sweet, brown-speckled flesh when pollinated. ‘Chocolate’ refers to the flesh color, not a chocolate flavor. Can grow in Phoenix with protection from extreme heat and consistent irrigation. Special Features Pollination-variant fruit: adequate pollination and seed development produce the characteristic brown flesh and can make fruit edible while firm. […]
Cara Cara Orange
A sweet navel orange with distinctive pink-red flesh, few to no seeds, and fragrant spring blossoms; well suited to Phoenix with proper irrigation and heat protection. Special Features Sweet, low-acid, pink-red fruit colored by lycopene; self-fertile, usually seedless, and productive without a second tree. Fragrant flowers attract pollinators. Problems & Solutions Sunburn on exposed bark […]