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What came in second?
Japanese persimmons came in second.
Nothing could be further from a pawpaw,
at least geographically. ey share in low
maintenance.
Japanese persimmons come in two types.
One is flat-formed and has no bitterness. Even
when it is still as crunchy as an apple, it is very
sweet. e other, like our native persimmons,
is bitter until fully ripe. It should be le on the
kitchen counter or refrigerated until very so.
en it is perhaps even sweeter than the first
type. e bitter type is up to one-third larger
than the Fuyu or sweet type.
Both types are very large. A 12-foot tree can
have 50 or more fruits that could cost $1 each
in the supermarket. And they hang on the tree
until aer the leaves fall. e effect is striking.
Imagine 50 or 60 orange-colored tomatoes
hanging on a leafless tree.
e leaves are spectacular, too. ey turn
bright orange to orange-red in fall.
Both types are graed. Check the gras
yearly to be sure they are still healthy and not
separating. Japanese persimmons will grow
well in full sun to a little shade.
Leaves surrounding these ripening persimmons will soon turn orange, then drop
to leave a great show of reddening orange fruits on leafless branches.
