{"id":9892,"date":"2025-10-02T10:46:04","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T14:46:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/?p=9892"},"modified":"2025-10-05T10:47:29","modified_gmt":"2025-10-05T14:47:29","slug":"fuyu-persimmons-2025-09-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/2025\/10\/fuyu-persimmons-2025-09-28.html","title":{"rendered":"Fuyu persimmons 2025-09-28"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Update 2025-10-05<\/strong>:\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/2025\/10\/persimmons-to-eat-and-to-dehydrate-2025-10-05.html\">Persimmons to eat and to dehydrate 2025-10-05<\/a>.\r\n<p>\r\nA very flavorful fruit, and sweet but not too sweet.\r\nPerfect to go with breakfast oatmeal.\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Persimmons on the tree, 2025-09-28 --jsq for OPF\" name=\"DP:Persimmons-on-the-tree-20250928-jsq-for-OPF\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-09-28--persimmons\/20250928_182653.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-09-28--persimmons\/20250928_182653.jpg\"  alt=\"[Persimmons on the tree, 2025-09-28 --jsq for OPF]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-09-28--persimmons\/20250928_182653.html\">Persimmons on the tree, 2025-09-28 &#8211;jsq for OPF<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nThese are Fuyu persimmons, a variety of the Japanese persimmon,\r\n<em>Diospyros kaki<\/em>.\r\n<p>\r\nMany moons that tree has been there since Gretchen planted it.\r\nThis year it&#8217;s really bearing fruit.<!--more-->\r\n\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"A sky full of persimmons, 2025-09-28 --jsq for OPF\" name=\"DP:A-sky-full-of-persimmons-20250928-jsq-for-OPF\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-09-28--persimmons\/20250928_182643.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\"  width=\"600\"  border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-09-28--persimmons\/20250928_182643.jpg\"  alt=\"[A sky full of persimmons, 2025-09-28 --jsq for OPF]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-09-28--persimmons\/20250928_182643.html\">A sky full of persimmons, 2025-09-28 &#8211;jsq for OPF<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Sky and Blondie circle the persimmon tree, 2025-09-28 --jsq for OPF\" name=\"DP:Sky-and-Blondie-circle-the-persimmon-tree-20250928-jsq-for-OPF\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-09-28--persimmons\/20250928_182633.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\"  width=\"600\"  border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-09-28--persimmons\/20250928_182633.jpg\"  alt=\"[Sky and Blondie circle the persimmon tree, 2025-09-28 --jsq for OPF]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-09-28--persimmons\/20250928_182633.html\">Sky and Blondie circle the persimmon tree, 2025-09-28 &#8211;jsq for OPF<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<H4><a name=\"RP\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-09-28--persimmons\/#RP\">RP<\/a><\/H4>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"A ripe persimmon ready to eat, 2025-09-28 --jsq for OPF\" name=\"RP:A-ripe-persimmon-ready-to-eat-20250928-jsq-for-OPF\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-09-28--persimmons\/20250928_121123.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-09-28--persimmons\/20250928_121123.jpg\"  alt=\"[A ripe persimmon ready to eat, 2025-09-28 --jsq for OPF]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-09-28--persimmons\/20250928_121123.html\">A ripe persimmon ready to eat, 2025-09-28 &#8211;jsq for OPF<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nThis other tree was supposed to be something else,\r\nbut not it&#8217;s only the bitter citrus rootstock.\r\n\r\n<H4><a name=\"CS\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-09-28--persimmons\/#CS\">CS<\/a><\/H4>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Citrus rootstock, 2025-09-28 --jsq for OPF\" name=\"CS:Citrus-rootstock-20250928-jsq-for-OPF\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-09-28--persimmons\/20250928_182702.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-09-28--persimmons\/20250928_182702.jpg\"  alt=\"[Citrus rootstock, 2025-09-28 --jsq for OPF]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-09-28--persimmons\/20250928_182702.html\">Citrus rootstock, 2025-09-28 &#8211;jsq for OPF<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Some kind of bitter citrus, 2025-09-28 --jsq for OPF\" name=\"CS:Some-kind-of-bitter-citrus-20250928-jsq-for-OPF\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-09-28--persimmons\/20250928_182709.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\"  width=\"600\"  border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-09-28--persimmons\/20250928_182709.jpg\"  alt=\"[Some kind of bitter citrus, 2025-09-28 --jsq for OPF]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-09-28--persimmons\/20250928_182709.html\">Some kind of bitter citrus, 2025-09-28 &#8211;jsq for OPF<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n -jsq\r\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"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 &#8211;jsq for OPF These are Fuyu persimmons, a variety of the Japanese persimmon, Diospyros kaki. 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