Here is what 'Makawa Jiro' Persimmon looked like today at Just Fruits and Exotics and the label it has in their garden.
Does anyone here have any experience with it?

Joe, is that the same as the Jiro you sent me?

Skeeter, not the same. Yours is plain Jiro. There are many types of Jiro persimmons now. They often have slight sport mutation, which although I find them to be insignificant, my Korean and Japanese friends are able to tell.

Thanks Joe,
In any case I am looking forward to getting some fruit next year. I have never eaten them when they are still firm, which I guess is the way to eat the non-astringent varieties. We had 2 different trees (no idea of varieties) when I was a kid and we only ate them when they were soft because we knew about wild persimmons when they were still firm. I never really liked the Japanese persimmons as much as the wild ones-- maybe because we were waiting too late.