PlantFiles: Japanese Persimmon, Oriental Persimmon, Sharon Fruit, Kaki
Diospyros kaki 'Fuyu'

make sure you plant this fruit tree in part shade, this young tree is barely making it in this high temp and humitidy here in san antonio.

I had always thought persimmons were pretty nasty til my son was given a "fuyu" and talked me into trying it. WONDERFUL fruit. Recommend eating when fruit is still very firm, we don't peel it.

A bumper crop of fruit this year - really nice sized ones too. Must number in the hundreds this year. I keep it trimmed to about 8 feet tall so that I can reach the fruits - resulting in a more shrub-shaped plant than a tree. I am amazed that many people have never eaten a persimmon before. What I do now is to peel and cut one so that the person I am giving them to can try them on the spot. They are ususally hooked.

A friend in our village has one of these persimmons in his yard. The fruit are wonderful and I look forward to a bag of it each year as a gift from him.

I use them in all kinds of different recipes....including adding one to a salsa once....delicious!

I purchased a young tree in early spring and was told by the seller that I'd have fruit this year. Clemson Extension Service website said this tree would grow and bear fruit in our Zone 8a climate, but I won't add my Zip code to the area where the tree grows until it survives its first winter. The fruit is absolutely, positively delicious and sweet, so good it's almost addictive. Be sure to check the Garden Watchdog before purchasing this tree from an on-line nursery.

Edited 6/27/06 to comment that, by golly, the tree did bear fruit last year and is again loaded with fruit this year. My Fuyu fruit isn't as sweet as fruit I've purchased that was grown in Israel but I still enjoyed it. This year, I'll leave the fruit on the tree for a longer period of time than last year when I picked it early (October) to beat the squirrels to it.

This is a young plant, but the first year it produced several very delicious fruits. Last year only 2. This year there are about 25. This fruit is similar to a ripe Mango, but sweeter. The flavor is distinctive. My mouth waters thinking ahead to fall.

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