We're right in the middle of persimmon season. At the restaurant, we buy 12 to 15 cases of Fuyu persimmons - a non-astringent, squat variety - from Lightsey Farms in Mexia. We let them ripen outdoors ...

"We had a stand at the Persimmon Festival on the midway where we sold pudding, canned pulp and my cookbook until 1976, when my son went away to college and I lost my good help." Dymple was the ...

Persimmon season in Missouri is roughly September through October, and while these fruits are a delicious treat, they can be hard to find and are often considered a niche culinary item. There are many ...

An 1896 Indianapolis News article noted that not even sheep or goats would eat persimmons. They are an acquired taste to be sure and a taste that’s hard to explain. The Mitchell Persimmon Festival in ...

Nationally famous, Otow Orchard grows 6 acres of persimmons in several varieties, including five types of Fuyu, the chocolate-colored Maru, spicy Hyakume and famous Hachiya. Family matriarch Helen ...

Autumn brings two luscious varieties of persimmons to the marketplace. One, the Hachiya, is heart-shaped and a vivid orange. It needs to be fully ripe with a water balloon-like consistency to be ...

Autumn brings two luscious varieties of persimmons to the marketplace. One, the Hachiya, is heart-shaped and a vivid orange. It needs to be fully ripe with a water balloon-like consistency to be ...

JON C. LAKEY / SALISBURY POST A persimmon tree near the railroad tracks at the end of East Franklin Street in Salisbury loaded with nearly ripened fruit. Editor’s note: Dr. Gary Freeze, professor of ...