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Diospyros
virginiana * American Persimmon Tree |
| Yellow leaves, deep orange
persimmon fruit, fall is here.
And the persimmon cookies and persimmon bread keep rolling out of the oven. The
American Persimmon tree can get to about
25-30 feet tall and wide. I find that I like the look of the tree if I give it a
little shape. The branches can sometimes break themselves down under the weight of the
fruit. I try to leave the persimmons on the tree until the birds start working the first few
persimmons over. I have seen trees pollarded with great space saving results. But I like
the look of a naturally shaped tree. The fruit is great when it is dead
ripe and darn puckery when it is not.
The Persimmon Tree foliage is interesting in both the spring when it comes out with a pink tint as
well as the fall when it turns yellow as it falls. My tree took a number of years to
start producing persimmons and you can see that it has started now.
The chocolate persimmon has more blackening on the fruit and requires more
chill. Persimmon trees will produce at the coast as well as in the
inland valleys in frost free conditions as well as much colder
situations. Diospyros is also the genus for ebony. Diospyros
virginiana wood is often found in older furniture. The wood is very
dense and heavy.
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