Where does it come from?

The origin of the persimmon tree - one of the oldest cultivated plants on earth - is believed to be in East Asia. The majority of the fruits available in the trade still come from East Asian countries:

• Japan,
• Korea,
• China.

The persimmon fruit is also grown in other countries with a subtropical climate, e.g. B. in southern Europe and in the USA. A refined form of the persimmon is the sharon fruit, which is cultivated on the Sharon plain in Israel for export purposes.

Persimmon, Sharon or Persimmon?

All names refer to the tasty berry fruits of a Diospyros kaki - the fruit tree from the ebony family (Ebenaceae). Often the names are used as synonyms. The species differ not only according to their origin, but also according to the nature of the fruit.

Persimmon

The fruits of the Diospyros persimmons are large and spherical, have firm, smooth skin, depending on the Maturity level can be colored in different strong orange. The classic persimmon fruit has very soft, juicy, jelly-like flesh when ripe. The hard fruits are practically inedible because they cause a furry feeling in the mouth due to the tannins. The persimmons come to us from Asia.

Sharon

The Sharon fruit is a breed from Israel. Their fruits are smaller and flatter than the persimmon fruits. They look more like tomatoes. Their advantage is that they stored longer and can be eaten in the hard state, as they hardly contain tannins. They also have a thinner shell.

persimmon

This breed comes from eastern North America. The fruits of Diospyros virginiana are relatively small and oval in shape. Like the sharon fruits, they have firm pulp and also do not taste full mature, hard state pleasantly sweet and fresh after a mixture of honeydew melon, pear and Apricot.

Tips & Tricks

A persimmon fruit that is inedible due to its high tannin content can be eaten after it has been stored in the freezer for a short time. The pulp becomes soft after freezing, but loses its firmness and can then be spooned out of the skin.

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