Tree is a good size and it drops these golfball sized orange/peach sweet smelling tomato-like fruits. Location: Western Missouri
by MegaPeep
Tree is a good size and it drops these golfball sized orange/peach sweet smelling tomato-like fruits. Location: Western Missouri
by MegaPeep
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Persimmon
Lucky you!
American persimmon. You are lucky! Let the fruit get extremely over ripe looking and then eat them. My grandparents has a small orchard of these! Brings back memories.
yum, wild persimmon. that one is just at the cusp of being ripe enough. I would eat it but I don’t mind the astringency effect as much as other people do.
To assure maximum ripeness, wait til they fall off the tree and are slightly wrinkly looking and often a bit of purply-orange to the color
One of the best, sweetest native fruits in the US of A.
persimmon
American persimmon. Do not eat unless ripe af, b/c you will regret life if you do. My neighbor has one, and we eat the stuff that’s fallen and unbroken, that’s sort of orange-purple in color. Make sure you don’t track them in the house on your shoes, and try not to breathe when you mow right there lol.
such cuties 🙂
That is a score!! If they are really firm you can hang them and they turn into candies. Hoshigaki https://www.thespruceeats.com/hoshigaki-japanese-dried-persimmons-1327537
Ayy Persimmon! That’s a really awesome thing. Just wait until they’re fully ripe though!
Persimmon. The tree needs to be watered deeply at least once a month to get hand sized fruit. This fruit is an i dictator the tree is thirsty for water and nutrients.
You’re so lucky! I ate a ton of these as a kid, and they’re sooooo good when they’re ripe enough. Decadently sweet!
They don’t have to be extremely overripe to eat like some people are suggesting, and they’te perfectly safe to taste at any stage. The thing is, theyre very astringent before they ripen. They become delicious after they freeze – so after the first frost.
Personally, I think it’s fun to taste under-ripe persimmons, the same way eating sour candy is unpleasant but fun.Â
And for added context – this a native tree in North America. It’s common in some areas of the south. It’s a different species from the persimmons sold in store, but they’re similar and closely related.
Now check the seeds to see what kind of winter you will have. My readings in E TN is for lots of snow and cold.
[https://www.mossyoak.com/our-obsession/blogs/closer-to-nature/persimmon-seeds-forecasting-winter-weather](https://www.mossyoak.com/our-obsession/blogs/closer-to-nature/persimmon-seeds-forecasting-winter-weather)
Thanks everyone! I just moved to this property with some acreage so this is a pleasant surprise!
Why can’t I be this lucky?
Can you take a pic of the entire tree? I have 3 baby persimmon trees.
Everyone’s saif it but yeah, baby Persimmon! Cute.
Those look like little baby persimmons
Jizz fruit
Persimmons! My dog loves those. Would advise not to eat before first frost though. Can be immensely astringent. Very bitter.Â
Time for persimmon bread!
Yummy! Persimmon is delicious. There’s a park near me that grows them as ornamentals, and every year, I have to resist the urge to gather them up. The people in charge apparently don’t want anyone eating them because of “lawsuit concerns” and “liability “. But my argument is “why would you grow an edible tree and NOT use the fruit?” It’s such a waste.
They’ve got beautyberry and chokecherry, too. It drives this little forager mad.