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Help: Are these persimmons?
I bought a persimmon tree years ago as an ornamental, (I'm in BC,
Canada, near the 49th parallel, so its fruit would not ripen here). The tree produces a heavy crop each year, but my "persimmons" don't look much like the ones I occasionally see in stores. Here is a link to a high-res photo: http://www.oldstox.com/images/persimmons.jpg The fruit are pear-shaped, heavy and firm, and have a downy fuzz over a yellow skin. Are they indeed a variety of persimmon? Thanks for any help. |
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Help: Are these persimmons?
On 2009-11-15 22:51:40 +0000, brafield said:
I bought a persimmon tree years ago as an ornamental, (I'm in BC, Canada, near the 49th parallel, so its fruit would not ripen here). The tree produces a heavy crop each year, but my "persimmons" don't look much like the ones I occasionally see in stores. Here is a link to a high-res photo: http://www.oldstox.com/images/persimmons.jpg The fruit are pear-shaped, heavy and firm, and have a downy fuzz over a yellow skin. Are they indeed a variety of persimmon? Thanks for any help. Do a Google image search on Cydonia oblonga or quince (NOT Chaenomeles aka Japanese quince) I think your fruit might be those. They're best when cooked. What do the flowers look like? And is the fruit perfumed? It might not be if it doesn't fully ripen with you. I'm not sure about this but they do look and sound very like Cydonia. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com Shrubs & perennials. Tender & exotics. South Devon |
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Sacha wrote: On 2009-11-15 22:51:40 +0000, brafield said: I bought a persimmon tree years ago as an ornamental, (I'm in BC, Canada, near the 49th parallel, so its fruit would not ripen here). The tree produces a heavy crop each year, but my "persimmons" don't look much like the ones I occasionally see in stores. Here is a link to a high-res photo: http://www.oldstox.com/images/persimmons.jpg The fruit are pear-shaped, heavy and firm, and have a downy fuzz over a yellow skin. Are they indeed a variety of persimmon? Thanks for any help. Do a Google image search on Cydonia oblonga or quince (NOT Chaenomeles aka Japanese quince) I think your fruit might be those. They're best when cooked. What do the flowers look like? And is the fruit perfumed? It might not be if it doesn't fully ripen with you. I'm not sure about this but they do look and sound very like Cydonia. Absolutely. If so, they are quite wtrongly scented, with a very tangy flavour, and the leaves are furry and silverish underneath. A much superior fruit to a persimmon! I should be flabberghasted if they aren't. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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I disagree with Nick, a ripe persimmon (ie D. kaki, Japanese persimmon) is one of the most delicious fruit experiences on the planet. If you were in one of those bits of BC where they grow grapes and make wine, I would have thought you could grow them, though you'd be a bit on the edge. The American Persimmon D. virginiana grows as far north as New York, so maybe that would be easier to grow for you. There is also D. lotus which I think is easier to ripen than D. kaki, though it is rather different. |
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echinosum wrote: Those are certainly (true) quinces. When the other posters say "best cooked" the reality is "inedible if not cooked". Peel and core them before cooking. You'll find various ideas for recipes for using them on the web. Usually keep for a few weeks if unblemished. Well, I eat them with pleasure, uncooked. I disagree with Nick, a ripe persimmon (ie D. kaki, Japanese persimmon) is one of the most delicious fruit experiences on the planet. There's no accounting for taste. I find them sickly. Give me a sun-ripened mango any day. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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THANKS TO EVERYONE for such prompt polite answers. Yes, they must be
quince --- how I bought the tree as "persimmon" I'll never know. The flowers' fragrance is not my favourite, and likewise, the only time I tried to eat one of the fruit I didn't suit my taste buds either. I checked the leaves and flowers as well, on Google, as suggested, and they match exactly. Yesterday I had to bring down and throw away the remaining fruit, as my annual visitor, a very fat black bear, had spent the night in my garden creating havoc and pooping prolifically --- and householders here can get a fine for leaving out bear attractants. Last year he wrenched off a major branch, something the "darling little deer" did to my apple tree too. The quince tree is not very big, perhaps fifteen feet high, but produces about 130 fruit, which seems very prolific. Again, thanks for your help and pointers; now I shall ask some local experts about quince --- perhaps it HAS been ripe and I didn't recognize the fact ---. |
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Help: Are these persimmons?
On 2009-11-16 17:46:16 +0000, brafield said:
THANKS TO EVERYONE for such prompt polite answers. Yes, they must be quince --- how I bought the tree as "persimmon" I'll never know. I wouldn't blame myself in your shoes. If people are unfamiliar with a tree or its fruit, mistakes can be made. The sellers may well have thought they had hold of a Persmimmon. Maybe you should go back and ask them for a Medlar. ;-) The flowers' fragrance is not my favourite, and likewise, the only time I tried to eat one of the fruit I didn't suit my taste buds either. Nick is one of our hardier species of urg plantlets. (D&R) ;-)) I checked the leaves and flowers as well, on Google, as suggested, and they match exactly. Yesterday I had to bring down and throw away the remaining fruit, as my annual visitor, a very fat black bear, had spent the night in my garden creating havoc and pooping prolifically --- and householders here can get a fine for leaving out bear attractants. Last year he wrenched off a major branch, something the "darling little deer" did to my apple tree too. The quince tree is not very big, perhaps fifteen feet high, but produces about 130 fruit, which seems very prolific. Yesssss - backing away slowly. We don't get a lot of that bear thing in England. The ones we have in our garden came from the chainsaw sculptors and are static! Again, thanks for your help and pointers; now I shall ask some local experts about quince --- perhaps it HAS been ripe and I didn't recognize the fact ---. But cook it or make jam from it. The original marmalade was made with quince - Cydonia NOT Chaenomeles. You do need to watch out for any muddle between those two, btw. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com Shrubs & perennials. Tender & exotics. South Devon |
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Sacha wrote: On 2009-11-16 17:46:16 +0000, brafield said: Again, thanks for your help and pointers; now I shall ask some local experts about quince --- perhaps it HAS been ripe and I didn't recognize the fact ---. But cook it or make jam from it. The original marmalade was made with quince - Cydonia NOT Chaenomeles. You do need to watch out for any muddle between those two, btw. If you think that true quince is inedible raw, try Chaenomeles :-) Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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Sacha writes
But cook it or make jam from it. The original marmalade was made with quince hence the name - marmelo is Portuguese for quince. The Portuguese still serve quince paste with cheese. It's intensely rich and sweet - impossible to eat more than a small square -- Kay |
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Though I have heard that the Chinese quince or false quince, Pseudocydonia sinensis, is edible raw if frosted. |
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echinosum wrote:
Your photograph shows ripe quinces. They don't soften. I have tried eating a raw piece, and whilst you wouldn't immediately spit it out like you might with some must-cook fruit, the great majority of people would say it isn't very nice. I really ought to try a bit of raw quince some time just to find out what it tastes like. I've heard it described pretty much as above on many occasions, and I'm failing to imagine a taste that would be like that! The problem I find with quince is that every time anyone mentions it I start reciting the Owl and the Pussycat. |
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Martin Brown wrote: There's no accounting for taste. I find them sickly. Give me a sun-ripened mango any day. They tend to be a bit past their best by the time they reach the UK. Same sort of problem with Nashi pears they don't travel well. Not quite. Mangoes travel relatively well; the problem is that they are picked underripe. "Relatively" - they still are very susceptible to bruising and cold damage. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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