On Sun, 28 Nov 2004 16:04:29 -0600, Jerry Small
wrote:

Having a bumper crop of persimmons in North Texas. Our beatiful Tamopan
tree is loaded from top to bottom. Unfortunately, the fruit in the
upper 12 feet of the 20 foot tree are tough to reach. Even if you are a
fearless climber, which I am not, the branches are so small that there
is risk of falling. So, I was wondering, what is a relative safe way to
get those fruits?

Jerry look for a wire basket fruit picker, at the gardening store.
It's a cup shaped wire basket with claws to pull the fruit from the
branch. It sits on the end of a pole, to give you additional reach.

Pan Ohco