California boasts several types of fruit, besides the native berries. Grapes, figs and citrus were brought here by the early Spanish missionaries. There are the “Pioneer Fruits” — apples and pears ...

The fruit yields a slow pleasure of rich, almost floral flesh. By Tejal Rao If you’re very lucky in Los Angeles, you have a big, gnarled persimmon tree just within reach, full of fat orange fruit in ...

Hoshigaki in the drying process at Penryn Orchard Specialties. Four hundred and sixty two miles – that’s the distance that Jeff Rieger and his girlfriend Laurence Hauben drove last Wednesday to get ...

Dried gotgam persimmons are a traditional snack made from dried persimmons. They are first peeled and hung in a sunny, airy place over a period of several weeks. When the persimmons are ready, the ...

Stunning aerial images have revealed a sea of persimmons on rooftops in Quanzhou city in China's southeast. Persimmon production is a vital way of life for the villagers in Fujian province. Every year ...

In summer, the mountain streets of the city in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong may bring a bit of boredom to tourists with rain. But in autumn, the orange colour of persimmon will spread ...

SANTA CRUZ — Steve Schnaar doesn”t hang Christmas decorations. Instead, he displays rows of Hachiya persimmons on strings dangling throughout his house, the orange fruits turning to leather as sugar ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. One of the first things that I wanted to do in my new garden last year ...

Dried persimmon, known as gotgam in Korean, is a sweet and chewy treat that frequently appears at traditional ceremonies, particularly as symbols of respect and gratitude to ancestors offered at the ...

Aerial photos show roofs that appear orange in Guangde village on the outskirts of Quanzhou city as locals dry an exotic fruit in the sun. Villagers dry persimmons before they are sold in the Fujian ...

The persimmon season in Da Lat begins in late August and ends in early December. Farmers not only harvest ripe fruits but also make dried persimmons. Imported to Vietnam decades ago, Japanese ...