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THE Persimmon
About the
Persimmon :
The American Persimmon tree, Diospyrus
virginiana, is a native fruit tree with
attractive edible fruit. Its dark-green
leaves conceal small fragrant white flowers
that are replaced by pale-orange fruits,
which ripen after frost. While persimmon
grows on many kinds of soils, it attains its
greatest size on sandy, clay soil in
bottoms. It is one of the first invaders of
old fields with the seeds brought in by wild
birds and animals. The leaf is rather
leathery and dark green. Its average length
is about 4 inches.
Persimmon trees are well known for its
delicious orange fruit and bark which
resembles alligator hide. This deciduous
tree provides fruit for birds and the buds
and leaves are a source of food for deer,
opossum, gray and fox squirrel, quail,
raccoon, wild turkey, red and gray fox and
coyote. It is very important as a wildlife
food. Persimmon wood is hard and dense. It
is used for golf club heads, handles for
files and carving tools, billiard cues,
shuttles and mallets. Plant a persimmon at
the woodland's edge or in an open field. The
bright green leaves change to a bright
golden yellow in the fall making this tree
highly prized as an ornamental tree. Our
Persimmon trees are unsexed. Approximately
90% of our Persimmons are females, so
purchasing 10 or more should insure
fruiting. In a good environment and with
good care, fruiting will begin in year six
and continues for fifty years or more. |
