We’re Trying Persimmons. Is The Variety We Grow The Best?

Asian persimmons are one of my most cherished fruit crops in my permaculture garden. Ripening very late in the year, they are a sweet winter treat.
My adult kids and I compare my Early Fuyu persimmons to the rare Hyakume, and the astringent Hachiya. We discuss how to determine ripeness, "sugar spots", enjoying persimmons dried and in baking - and also engage in a bit of silliness.
(Don't @ me, but I'm an unabashed ‪@falloutboy‬ fan - and Bea takes the opportunity to tease me about it in this video.)
Jump to 7:55 to get to the fruit-tasting itself.
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[@williamgair3230]

:) some people always say "tastes like chicken" But not your family it is always "Tastes like Pears" LOL

[@stevegaines-vq3bd]

nice video....nice to add your girls.... i have an old American persimmon & just bought a 129.xx, 7' tall Jiro Persimmon in a 7 gal bucket.....& 2 Kieffer pear trees.... I want to add 2 more persimmon trees.......I am so looking forward to eating some of the Jiro's in 2-3 years....& i want to leave some for the deer...

[@aimeerichard3243]

Sponsor them Fall Out Boy!

[@melstill]

Tried Persimmons for the first time about 6 years ago and discovered I really liked them! So I planted a bare root Fuyu about 4 years ago. This year I harvested a little over 40 lbs from it and that isn't counting the 10+ lbs the squirrels took for their cut. Did I mention I really like Persimmons? 😀 I like them best while they're still firm, I don't like them too sweet.

[@kevind4383]

I'm not a fan of persimmon skin either. To combat this, I simply let all types of persimmons soften up and then I stick them in the freezer. Once the persimmon is frozen, I can then briefly rinse it under warm/hot water and the skin becomes easy to peel off. I love a good frozen Hachiya as a dessert, I just wish they weren't extremely seasonal.

[@anhaicapitomaking8102]

In Italy we eat the pulp with a spoon, so we leave the skin behind. The hard varieties however I have found skin is easy to eat...

[@Sara-jy8oi]

Hahaha placenta! That was priceless. Bummer that we cut open one on Saturday and we did not like it.

[@Sara-jy8oi]

A persimmon i mean

[@ParkrosePermaculture]

HAHAHAHA that clarification made me laugh aloud!

[@TrishHalterman]

Lol

[@darthfiende1]

I love the taste tests! Y'all's dynamic is so fun to watch.

[@Madisondmclean]

Bea is such a riot!

[@mudotter]

I have a persimmon root stock, the top stock died. Since I almost killed it and then had it pot bound the last couple of years, it's still working on becoming a tree 😅 I got into the ground this summer, and I faithfully watered it through the drought. From my tag for the tree and a bit of research I am thinking it is the date plum, (Diospyros lotus), persimmon. My goal was to have my own persimmons to make persimmon Christmas pudding. An amazing recipe! 😋

[@dfhepner]

The family near where I grew up grew the long heat shaped ones. They would hang them to dry. My mother would make persimmon cookies. Summers I would work on that ranch picking plums and peaches. Now all those orchards by Folsom Lake are gone.

[@composthog4332]

😭

[@TrishHalterman]

Oh Bea.. your so funny. I just love the taste test videos.

[@KatBurnsKASHKA]

a real fall out boy family hahah love it

[@mezmarionybarra]

Wonderful info , great share, love your girl's, hilarious teenage comments❣️❣️❣️ blessings for you and yours always❣️❣️❣️

[@ashleybones3556]

Your kids are great. I loved placenta becoming a food description, stealing that!

[@sonjaambrosius731]

Bea, you are hilarious! The facial expressions alone while your mum was talking I had so much fun simultaneously interpreting them in my head. I did plant a Nikita's gift in my zone 7b-ish and it grows at a glacial pace. 2nd season this year but the leave color in fall is gorgeous. I do have it relatively close to a walnut, possibly it cannot handle the juglone. Great video. Thanks!

[@dictionaryzzz]

mine is slow growing too I am in 6A Pennsylvania.. I planted mine out in the open no trees nearby.

[@marisasanchez1699]

‘Placenta-like’ 🤣

[@cleonawallace376]

I'm still on the fence about persimmons...I grew up in the UK where they don't grow, but have lived most of my adult life in Italy, where they're really popular, and grow very well. I've always found them a bit jellyish, but I'm interested in growing them for making into a syrup sweetener (so I can stop buying climate-heavy maple syrup!) or as you say, just in baked goods where applesauce would be used. And I'm happy to leave them for the birds too... around here I always think they look pretty festive with the orange balls left on the bare trees! It's definitely a bit overwhelming knowing the difference between all the varieties, so thanks for the taste test! One small suggestion is to put the microphone more centrally though, as I found it quite hard to hear what the girls were saying.

[@anhaicapitomaking8102]

As an Italian in the UK I am puzzled as to why they would not grow here. I am in Scotland anyway, but I am really curious as to why they would not grow in some parts of the UK....

[@deborahcoyle7612]

Ah tiktok. 😂 Seriously though, brown sugar in fruit form? I’m there!

[@mikeatback]

The fuyu and hiyachi you ate looks like it was picked early or you live in a not as hot sunny climate possibly. All i know is that the persimmons i grow of both types are super sweet… about twice as sweeter than store bought. The hiyachi are even sweeter when frozen and thawed months later to eat as well.

[@Keefs_c.c.89]

Waiting for my Fuyu to take off down in Salem! Happy holidays.🎄

[@Mhorianna]

Aw! I love Fallout Boy! I tried persimmons a few years ago and didn't like them, but I might have gotten a bad one, it tasted like it was rotten. I'll have to try again!

[@patricklaureys9238]

It really is like a sexy tomato. 😄

[@nickkasko2097]

Very nice video! Nice to see multiple opinions on the taste. I’m getting into growing persimmons in NW WA. Have you tried Nikita’s gift? Or any of the other Ukrainian hybrids? Would love to see a video

[@beebop9808]

Stupid squirrels cut about half the persimmons out of my native tree this year. No idea what was behind that? Never seen that happen before. They just raided the tree very early and cut the green fruit and let it fall to the ground. Thinking about getting an Asian variety or hybrid plant that produces heavy. I'll eat a piece or two but avoid sugars and carbs as a rule of thumb. I just love to grow the plants and make food for the animals and birds. Give some away if the crops are good.

[@ParkrosePermaculture]

The squirrels get some of mine every year but it’s the scrub jays that really go for them. It’s always a race to get them before the wikdlife dives in!

[@mezmarionybarra]

Oh fall out boys, I thought your daughter said fellow or follow boys and I was like oh I don't know who that is let me try to stay up-to-date, of course, Fall Out Boys, there AmAzballllZ Yes❣️❣️❣️

[@ParkrosePermaculture]

I’m a Patrick Stump stan. 😂😂

[@anhaicapitomaking8102]

Kaki is the best. I am now wondering which variety I have....mh

[@chrisstanford3652]

😋🤗

[@CampingforCool41]

I’m so sad I can’t grow persimmons in my zone 😔

[@permiebird937]

Which Asian Market in NE has these local persimmons? I'd like to try some different varieties myself.

[@ParkrosePermaculture]

Lily Market on NE Halsey. I notice they tend to stock a fair amount of produce that was clearly grown in someone's backyard locally and is only available for short periods of time. Hong Phat has also had persimmons in the past, but I haven't checked there this year.

[@permiebird937]

Thanks, I'll need to check it out asap.

[@theclash36]

I had a fuyu persimmon and i ate it when it was still hard it tasted like almost nothing very mildly sweet and a little flavor and also the peel wasnt that bad to eat

[@tj21bem]

Was it store bought? Must have been harvested too green. The ones I grow are always sweet. The pollinated ones have seeds & have brown soecks inside, but they ate bigger & has better flavor. I like them crunchy. If I want a soft one, I’d rather have a Saijo. It tastes like date, honey & candy- marvelous if properly ripe.

[@kimberlyabrams9899]

Does anyone know where you could buy a hyakume persimmon tree in the us?

[@stevegaines-vq3bd]

i'd say, ask Google...you can probably get some "bare root" trees mailed to you...but they'd probably only be 1-2' tall.....take several years to bear fruit...?

[@youngcho1150]

Pls! Don't eat to much on one time! If you do, you get a lot of problem!