North American Fruit Explorers mailing list at ibiblio

["Lon J. Rombough" <lonrom@hevanet.com>]

The NNGA has long worked with more than nut trees - they also work with some
of the most promising native American fruits, such as pawpaw and persimmon.
    Astringent means just that - drawing your mouth up like alum.  Eat an
unripe persimmon and you'll have a very graphic demonstration.  It leaves
your mouth feeling dry and as thought you had a coating of fur on your
tongue.
----------
>From: Tom Olenio <tolenio@sentex.net>
>To: nafex@egroups.com
>Subject: [nafex] Persimmon & PawPaw Nuts?
>Date: Sat, Dec 9, 2000, 8:47 AM
>

>Hello,
>
>This might seem like a strange question, but are persimmons
>and pawpaws in the nut family?
>
>The NORTHERN NUT GROWERS ASSOCIATION, INC. lists them among
>the nut trees they have information on.
>
>Lastly, what is meant by "astringent" when talking about
>fruit?  I believe that alum is astringent, but I am not sure
>exactly how that relates to taste.  It must be different
>from sour or tart, as they would use those more common
>terms.
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>Regards,
>Tom
>
>--
>Thomas Olenio
>Ontario, Canada
>Hardiness Zone 6a
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

-------------------------- eGroups Sponsor -------------------------~-~>
eGroups eLerts
It's Easy. It's Fun. Best of All, it's Free!
http://click.egroups.com/1/9698/0/_/423498/_/976381157/
---------------------------------------------------------------------_->