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American Persimmon
Persimmon
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Sweet
- Size
- Small (1-1.5 in.), globular
- Shape
- Round/globular
- Flavor
- Sweet once soft and fully ripe
- Texture
- Astringent and firm when green; soft and sweet when ripe
- Ripening window
- September - December
- Best uses
- Fresh eating (fully ripe only), syrups, jellies, ice cream, pies
- Pollination
- Dioecious - needs separate male and female trees to fruit (unlike the self-fertile Asian varieties above)
- Tree size
- Large - 30-80 ft at full size in the wild, though cultivated/grafted trees are usually kept much smaller
- Notes
- Native US species (Diospyros virginiana), distinct from the Asian persimmon (D. kaki) varieties above. Your KML has 4 pins simply labeled "American Persimmon" with no specific cultivar name - if any of these are actually named selections (e.g. 'Prok', 'Morris Burton', 'Meader'), let me know and I'll split them out with their own details. As logged, this entry represents all 4 as unnamed/seedling native persimmons.