persimmons, Fuyu persimmon

In Praise of Persimmons

[caption id="attachment_842" align="alignleft" width="300"]persimmons, Fuyu persimmon ripe Fuyu persimmons[/caption] Ah, persimmon season: my favorite time of year to be in Davis, California, and to live in my house. Nine years ago, when we left San Francisco and bought this place, I disliked almost everything about it (especially that it was not in San Francisco), and really liked only one thing: the mature Fuyu persimmon tree in the northeast corner of our otherwise unremarkable backyard. Over the years we’ve made a few changes to the house and property so that, if I don’t exactly love the place, I have at least developed some fondness for it. And the persimmon tree remains one of its abiding delights. ...