Persimmon

Persimmon

I found several persimmon trees today in a area where I have worked for 5 or 6 years and never noticed them.  Persimmon fruit is a tasty fall treat, but only when they are very ripe, otherwise they are very bitter.  As in pucker your mouth bitter.  The fruits in the photo are not ripe, but I found a few on the ground that were good.  It is early in the year to eat persimmons.  They seem to get even sweeter after a frost.  For more information on persimmons click the link.

Some people think they can predict the winter weather with persimmons.