Persimmons

[ron w]

First time I ever saw them was in Missouri last year........deer kept them cleaned up........

[EWill]

If you can hunt all day persimmon patches are a great place to be near. Around here if the persimmons are dropping along with the pecans it can be good all day. I usually take either the second or third week or november off, persimmons, pecans and rutting bucks makes for some good action.

[Jack Whitmire Jr]

Originally posted by kbetts:
Two varieties of persimmons.....astringent and non-astringent.  One ripens before a frost, the other afterwards.  I only know cause I had to pick a fruit to research in a production class in college....lol.

Cool because for years I have wondered why mine are gone by mid October before the first frost .

[leftyfred]

Originally posted by nineworlds9:
Makes a beautiful riser wood LOL

Persimmon lumber is the only true ebony species that grows in North America.  We love this lumber here in our shop, but it is difficult to find large trees to harvest.  Persimmon also has male and female trees, which makes it more sensible to harvest the males and let the females stand.  Premier lumber for reloading benches.  LF

[KentuckyTJ]

Originally posted by kbetts:
Two varieties of persimmons.....astringent and non-astringent.  One ripens before a frost, the other afterwards.  I only know cause I had to pick a fruit to research in a production class in college....lol.

Interesting Kyle, Can I have both kinds on my places or are they regional specific?

[kbetts]

I believe they are regionally specific.  The types I've found most common are astringent varieties...ones that the flesh must be very soft and almost coming out of the skin to be edible.  The non-astringent varieties can be sliced like an apple....never seen those before.

Early fruit drop is something that plagues persimmon varieties.  Hence the reason we find them all over the ground weeks before they may get eaten.

[Cwilder]

I thought once they drop and are orange they are good to eat. It's when you pick them or they are still green they are sour

[RC]

They are dropping now in south Ga. in the swamp. They are so ripe they bust when they hit the ground and are very good to eat. Deer and pigs run to them.RC

[kbetts]

Early fruit drop is a problem with most persimmon varieties.....one of the reasons there are not tons of commercial growers. If you think the orange ones are ripe when they hit the ground....just try one.

[recurvehunt]

Have plenty of them where I hunt, almost too many because they have so many options it can be hard to narrow down to the one they like best.

At least where I am, deer will walk by one tree to eat from beneath another.

Still very green, and will fall mid-October into the second or third week in November.  That is if the coons don't get them first.