Though they may not be as familiar, this fruit is as delicious as it is nutritious, packed with vitamins and essential ...

At first glance, this fruit looks a lot like a tomato. But after taking a bite, you'll find that it's something much sweeter.

A warmer autumn might have pushed back early color development in Giumarra Companies’ Fuyu persimmon crop—but it did not ...

Some gardeners enjoy eating the fruits of our native persimmon, while others harvest them to predict the weather.

Ahhh, persimmons — the fruit that everyone has heard of but rarely eaten. Legend says that the seed found within can predict the upcoming winter. (If the kernel is spoon-shaped, expect heavy snow.) It ...

“Persimmons look and taste like the fall season,” says Rachel Sullivan, the farm assistant at Frog Hollow Farm, a Brentwood, California, farm currently in the middle of its annual persimmon harvest.

There is a pair of wild persimmon trees, one male and one female, on the edge of the wetlands near my home. Is there sex among persimmons trees? Apparently so. Males have the blossoms for pollination, ...

Smallish in size and with a shiny burnt-orange color, the unassuming persimmon packs a wallop in the flavor department. From the genus Diospyros, its name is translated as “divine food,” which likely ...

Q: How do I know when to harvest the persimmons on my tree? They've turned orange but seem very hard. A: They should be ready now, but in order to determine the best time to harvest you'll need to ...