The genus Diospyros includes over 500 species, among which cultivated persimmon (D. kaki) holds great nutritional and economic importance. However, its complex hexaploid genome (2n = 6x = 90) and long ...

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX) - If you’re looking for a new fruit tree to grow at home, consider a persimmon tree. “Most people are familiar with persimmons but they only know the wild persimmons,” ...

You don’t have to spend more than a year or two in Sonoma County before you’re rewarded with a unique sight. Some late autumn morning, after the brightly colored leaves have fallen from someone’s ...

Many believe a hard frost is needed before wild persimmons will ripen but it’s not true. This warm autumn provides proof – although it’s clear that a frost hastens the process.

This wild horses is enjoying a fall tradition on the Outer Banks: Eating “sticky sweet” persimmons from the trees. Video screengrab The wild horses on North Carolina’s Outer Banks have been seen ...

It looks as if there is going to be a bumper crop of persimmons this year. This was taken on one of the wild persimmon trees near our pond east of Jackson.