The persimmon is a delicious fruit, after the frost has destroyed its astringent properties. From Wordnik.com. [A New Guide for Emigrants to the West] Reference
Kaki, it turns out, is the Latin word and Japanese name for the fruit that is also called a persimmon or Sharon fruit thank you internet. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-12-01] Reference
I saw "persimmon" an orange-y color Scottish wool in a thrift store. From Wordnik.com. [Looking Delightful - A Dress A Day] Reference
And soft-mast groves, such as persimmon, apple, or dogwood, are producing fruit that deer crave now. From Wordnik.com. [Scott Bestul on How to Plan Your Whole Whitetail Deer Season While Scouting During Late Summer and Early Fall] Reference
"Straggling to a persimmon tree on the road-side.". From Wordnik.com. [Red-Tape and Pigeon-Hole Generals As Seen From the Ranks During a Campaign in the Army of the Potomac] Reference
They are made of either maple, dogwood, or persimmon. From Wordnik.com. [Outdoor Sports and Games] Reference
Grafted upon the stock of a staminate common persimmon. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association, report of the proceedings at the eighth annual meeting Stamford, Connecticut, September 5 and 6, 1917] Reference
A new species of +Cephalosporium+ causing persimmon wilt. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Incorporated 39th Annual Report at Norris, Tenn. September 13-15 1948] Reference
I think the Garretson is the best persimmon I have ever had. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Fifteenth Annual Meeting New York City, September 3, 4 and 5, 1924] Reference
When I speak of the persimmon in my country nobody knows what. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Third Annual Meeting Lancaster, Pennsylvania, December 18 and 19, 1912] Reference
Naturally, it comes in a range of colors, including persimmon. From Wordnik.com. [THE DESIGN DOZEN] Reference
The persimmon and pawpaw will undoubtedly both grow at Toronto. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Third Annual Meeting Lancaster, Pennsylvania, December 18 and 19, 1912] Reference
Bearing heavily, a variety grafted upon common persimmon stock. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association, report of the proceedings at the eighth annual meeting Stamford, Connecticut, September 5 and 6, 1917] Reference
They stand our dry weather better than does the native persimmon. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Seventh Annual Report Wooster, Ohio, September 3, 4, 5, 1946] Reference
I have been in the forest, under the persimmon and butternut trees. From Wordnik.com. [The Citizen-Soldier or, Memoirs of a Volunteer] Reference
persimmon wilt is very destructive to the native persimmon (Fig. 4). From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Incorporated 39th Annual Report at Norris, Tenn. September 13-15 1948] Reference
There was a fruity odour of persimmon and wild grape forever in the air. From Wordnik.com. [Judith of the Cumberlands] Reference
He had been planting nut trees and papaw trees and persimmon trees for years. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 43rd Annual Meeting Rockport, Indiana, August 25, 26 and 27, 1952] Reference
They are the two most northern persimmon trees which I have discovered so far. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Fourth Annual Meeting Washington D.C. November 18 and 19, 1913] Reference
Angora goat, even when pushed with hunger, has not touched persimmon wood or leaves. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Seventh Annual Meeting Washington, D. C. September 8 and 9, 1916.] Reference
Inside, each window frames a wonderful view of the oak, persimmon and mesquite trees. From Wordnik.com. [A SENSE OF PLACE] Reference
Most of us have never tasted a good persimmon, and the paw-paw is practically unknown. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953] Reference
Of about 15 varieties of persimmon here I consider Early Golden and Josephine the best. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Thirty-Fourth Annual Report 1943] Reference
The ordinary "T" shield budding gives good success on the persimmon either spring or fall. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Thirty-Fourth Annual Report 1943] Reference
You see another member of our party has gone down to fame with this Cannaday seedless persimmon. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Fifteenth Annual Meeting New York City, September 3, 4 and 5, 1924] Reference
Let stand until the beer works -- the persimmon cakes will rise and stand in a foamy mass on top. From Wordnik.com. [Dishes & Beverages of the Old South] Reference
Seeds from those Battle Creek persimmon trees can be procured from Dr.J. H. Kellogg by writing him. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Fourth Annual Meeting Washington D.C. November 18 and 19, 1913] Reference
He reported that the man was doing well, and that the lady was hanging over him like a possum over a ripe persimmon. From Wordnik.com. [The Last Woman] Reference
You smell aromas next, smells like a cut-open persimmon, that may have poured out of my sweet ultra-liquid Penny onto the sheets. From Wordnik.com. [The Great San Francisco Poetry Wars, 15] Reference
I mention this as many of you are fruit growers also and want to get persimmon stock in order to graft the Japanese persimmon on. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Fourth Annual Meeting Washington D.C. November 18 and 19, 1913] Reference
We will skip over the obvious, like being able to squeeze the melon or stroke the cashmere or discover what color "" persimmon '' is. From Wordnik.com. [Real Men Don't Shop Online] Reference
Jordan's Queen Rania attended the end of the 2010 MDG Summit on Wednesday night and she was hard to miss in a persimmon-colored dress. From Wordnik.com. [Queen Rania Perfect In Persimmon (PHOTOS, POLL)] Reference
Caught by the General Commanding Division, twenty feet high on a persimmon tree, and Nos. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 on the ground below; also. From Wordnik.com. [Red-Tape and Pigeon-Hole Generals As Seen From the Ranks During a Campaign in the Army of the Potomac] Reference
They were delicious persimmons that were quite edible before frost, they are probably the two furthest north persimmon trees in the world. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Third Annual Meeting Lancaster, Pennsylvania, December 18 and 19, 1912] Reference
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