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Article: Picking Persimmons; A Mouth-Watering Choice for Novice Fruit Growers
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- October 19, 1995
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In the fall, the wild native persimmon tree with its lovely fruit
is easily spotted throughout the Piedmont.
First, the leaves deepen in color to a rich velvety green. The
abundant fawn-colored fruits appear like bright Christmas ornaments
against the foliage. As the days get shorter, the fruit's color
intensifies, brightening from brown to gold, then deepening to a rosy
orange. The dark foliage falls, and soon the tree is bare except for
thousands of brilliant orbs, each about the size of golf ball.
Few trees evoke the coming holiday season as well as the
persimmon. Apart from the beauty of the tree, its fruit makes a
festive pudding to serve with winter meals. The American persimmon is
a ...