Merilee Karr

K Carpenter,
You can cut a persimmon tree way back, and shape it as it comes back again.
I have an Ichi Ki Kei Jiro, an Asian non-astringent persimmon with good flavor.
Cutting it back may eliminate harvest for a couple years.
Persimmon fruits:
- At the base
- Of first-year wood
- That grew from second-year wood.

So, to increase production:
- In the winter
- You find the youngest branches, that grew the previous summer.
- You tip-prune them to stimulate branching.
- Persimmons will appear at the base of the branches that grow out in the next season.

Green Tomato Pie is a traditional fall dessert. Make pie of the last tomatoes that won't ripen.

My favorite recipe: [url=https://www.reneesgarden.com/blogs/gardening-resources/97089665-apple-and-green-tomato-pie?gclid=Cj0KCQjw--2aBhD5ARIsALiRlwDDvh0t4ay-F9ZDkMokPeqrjTL99LNRpwd7DkIbM69FbmTIE-oRAkYaAvQlEALw_wcB]

Renee's Garden Green Tomato and Apple Pie[/url]

Tereza has the right of it -- treat Fuyu persimmons as a stone fruit.
I make a Persimmon Pie that tastes like a peach pie, but in early winter.
And it's a lot easier to find several ripe persimmons than several ripe peaches.

Mathew Trotter wrote:There are no black walnuts out here, but there are many around town when I visit friends on the weekends.

[Not sure I'm formatting this correctly. This is Merilee Karr responding to Mathew Trotter]
Mathew, where are you in Oregon that you have no black walnut trees near you?
I live in Portland and forage plenty of black walnuts in Multnomah and Clackamas Counties.

Mathew Trotter wrote:There are no black walnuts out here, but there are many around town when I visit friends on the weekends.

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