“…The district Kullu, Solan, Mandi and Shimla of Himachal Pradesh are well known for the production of persimmon (Anonymous, 2018) [2] . Depending upon the level of astringency, the fruits of Diospyros kaki are classified into astringent and non-astringent cultivars (Hadi et al, 2017) [12] . The astringent variety includes Red, Saijo, Honan, Triumph and Hachiya while non-astringent includes Fuyu, Gosho, Imoto, Izo and Surya (Singh et al, 2011) [24] .…”