One of the best Oriental persimmons available. Mine produced several fruit on Year 3, nearly 50 fruit on Year 4, close to 300 fruit in following years.
Branches of Sheng can be somewhat weak and when loaded with fruit will easily break in heavy winds; planting them near a windbreak will benefit them from losing branches.

Sheng persimmon is one of the non-astringent varieties and can be eaten out of hand once the fruit is soft, no need to wait for a frost as with wild persimmons.

Grows to 25 ft tall but can be easily trimmed to maintain a more compact tree.

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