Breeding of High Quality and Peel-eating Sweet Persimmon ‘Yeonsu’

A new persimmon (Diospyros kaki L. Thunb.)cultivar 'Yeonsu' was derived from a cross between 'Ro-19' and 'Taishu' in 2009 and finally selected in 2016.The average maturing date was October 20th in Yeoung-am province.'Yeonsu' has a medium average fruit size (235 g) and high soluble solids (17.0 Bx).The flesh taste was good with soft texture and juice.The fruit shape was very wide ovule when viewed from the side and the fruit's skin color was yellow-orange.Physiological disorders, including fruit cracking or skin fine cracking rarely occurred, but intense sunlight may cause pericarp blackening (Registration No. 8918).