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Post by Sam on Oct 27, 2018 4:01:46 GMT -5
Gracie and I went to check on a persimmon tree we know of the other day. Not many on it but there's a few. They're falling now and I hope to gather a few seeds to scatter around. From years of experience, this persimmon, though on the ground did not fall naturally. It's still to 'green' (not ripe). It was most likely blown from the tree by recent high winds. This one looks a little 'mooshy' but it's just right and will taste sweet and delicious. Yep, soft, mooshy, sweet ... ... and delicious!
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Post by froglady on Oct 27, 2018 8:07:26 GMT -5
Interesting. I have never tasted a persimmon. When my mom was a youngster, a century or so ago, one of her brothers urged her to take a bite of one, and she said it took a few days to get the taste out of her mouth (extreme bitterness) and a lifetime to get the memory out of her head. She never grew persimmons, although we had different fruit trees all over our little farm, but she would never grow a persimmon tree. I'm curios as to the taste, but most fruits are not ripe yet in the grocery store, so I won't buy one
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Post by les on Oct 27, 2018 23:29:07 GMT -5
Great set Sam. not see these before . we have some shops in town that have fruit and veg from the eastern Europen countries and one thing They have looks like a parsnip but has things growing from the sides.
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Post by Sam on Oct 28, 2018 3:21:24 GMT -5
Wild persimmons are like wild grapes, they're not really edible until they're very ripe or have been frosted on. A neighbor has trees of a cultivated variety and they're sweet much earlier. When the persimmons are green, if you taste one it will actually 'draw' your mouth like allum. Very nasty. But ripe they're as good as they are bad when green.
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