Fuyu Persimmon Harvest

It's 11/18/18 and my Fuyu Persimmon is absolutely loaded this year.  In fear of being hijacked by hungry critters (there were already few that have been eaten). I went ahead and picked off the fruit. We've been having major frosts and I did not want the fruit to get damaged.

The tree hasn't grown much but it's definitely more productive. I did not thin this year so the fruit is small than previous years.

Here's the tree after pick a off more of the viable fruit. I left the half eaten ones on the tree to feed the bird and 2 fruit near the top to see if I can ripen them on the tree.

I got about 15 lbs worth and will ripen them on the counter with aid from a ripe banana and good old ethylene gas.

I plan on drying some out. The taste of dried asian persimmon is pure candy!

After about 15hrs on the rack they've shrunken down to about a 3rd of the normal size. 

The fuzzy kiwis also went nuts. There must've been over 20lbs

These are almost as good as the store bought ones.

The Fruit Critter back at it

I was sort of looking forward to my Fuyu persimmons but the fruit critter is back at it and obliterated my entire tree! Time for that trap

Tasting the Seattle Grown Fuyu Persimmon

Tasting the Seattle Grown Fuyu Persimmon

This is my 2nd full year with this tree and it's pushed out a decent crop this year. I picked the fruit in November after all of the leaves fell off. Last year I lost the crop due to frost so I wanted to avoid that mistake again this year and let the fruit ripen on the counter. Some took 3 weeks, others took about 5 to get to a stage where they were edible. For a non astringent type they were still super astringent if not ripened completely.

Overall I've been a bit disappointed in the viability of the Fuyu in Seattle. It's a bit unreliable without the long season. I plan on adding the Haichiya and Izu this year. The Izu is suppose to ripen in Sept to October. And the Haichiya is the astringent type.

Who knows maybe the cross pollination may help with a better a crop.