Abstract
Fruit maturing time (FMT), fruit weight (FW), and soluble solids content (SSC) were evaluated for 83 pollination-constant astringent oriental persimmon (Diospyros kaki Thunb.) culitvars of Japanese origin at Akitsu, Hiroshima, Japan, and 132 cultivars of Chinese origin at Meixian, Shaanxi, China. The data on FMT and FW were adjusted by adding correction constants for the effect of location. Results showed that there were little differences in the mean and variation between the cultivar groups of the two origins for FMT and FW. There was a small difference in the mean SSC, although the variance was larger in the Chinese than in the Japanese cultivars.