Fuyu persimmons are flat-bottomed and round. These fruits look like orange tomatoes. Their skin is crisp and firm when ripe, ...

Unlike the other common variety, the bold orange, heart shaped Hachiya persimmons, Fuyu beauties have a lighter color and can be eaten when as firm as an apple. I like to use them in fruit ...

They have a sweet flavor that only grows sweeter as the fruit continues to ripen. A ripe Fuyu will have a bright orange peel and still be firm to the touch, a quality that separates itself from a ...

so you'll start to see this autumnal fruit popping up on produce stands around early October all the way through January. At ...