Fruit
*waves* Hullo, another late "Fruit" post!
Until visiting Japan, I'd ever only seen persimmons in the supermarket. This photo shows a ripe red persimmon on the bare branches of a late October day.
Until visiting Japan, I'd ever only seen persimmons in the supermarket. This photo shows a ripe red persimmon on the bare branches of a late October day.
When I Googled for an image of a persimmon tree, I found the one below in a blog piece called Persimmon cake: The winter fruit. Well worth a read, especially if you want to try your hand at making persimmon cake:
I had to google persimmon as I didn't even recognize the fruit - those varieties I've seen so far (as imported exots) must be another variety, as they look quite different.