Evidently we’ve been mis-identifying our persimmons.
The prolific persimmon tree has acorn-shaped fruit like the red one here. Those are apparently Hachiya persimmons.
The younger tree with only a few fruit not yet ripe has flat-bottom persimmons like this yellow one. Those appear to be Fuyu persimmons.
See, for example, this GrubMarket blog post, Fuyu vs. Hachiya: How to Use California Persimmons.
They’re both varieties of the Oriental persimmon, Diospyros kaki.
-jsq
Still picking those persimmons.
One was so ripe we went ahead and ate it.
The rest, we picked deliberately still orange, not red ripe, so Gretchen could slice them up and put them in the dehydrator. Continue reading
Update 2025-10-05: Persimmons to eat and to dehydrate 2025-10-05.
A very flavorful fruit, and sweet but not too sweet. Perfect to go with breakfast oatmeal.
![[Persimmons on the tree, 2025-09-28 --jsq for OPF]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2025-09-28--persimmons/20250928_182653.jpg)
Persimmons on the tree, 2025-09-28 –jsq for OPF
These are Fuyu persimmons, a variety of the Japanese persimmon, Diospyros kaki.
Many moons that tree has been there since Gretchen planted it. This year it’s really bearing fruit. Continue reading
This volunteer American Persimmon is along the old road.
I will endeavor not to mow up this Diospyros virginiana.
-jsq
![[Two kinds of persimmons]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2025-10-09--two-kinds-of-persimmmons/crop.jpg)
![[Picked Fuyu persimmons]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2025-10-05--persimmons/20251005_083236.jpg)
![[American Persimmon, Diospyros virginiana]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2025-05-23--persimmon/20250523_073549.jpg)