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  • From: Lucky Pittman <Lucky.Pittman@murraystate.edu>
  • To: nafex@egroups.com
  • Subject: Re: [nafex] Persimmon & PawPaw Nuts?
  • Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2000 15:52:20 -0600

At 11:47 AM 12/09/2000 -0500, you wrote:
>Hello,
>
>This might seem like a strange question, but are persimmons
>and pawpaws in the nut family?

No, Tom, but as minor native fruits, they've been all but ignored, except
by the likes of NNGA and NAFEX members, and have sort of been taken under
the wing of NNGA.

Lastly, what is meant by "astringent" when talking about
>fruit?
An unripe(incompletely ripened is perhaps a better term) American persimmon
has a very objectionable tendency to 'turn your mouth inside out' - that's
the best way I can describe it; an astringent taste that will remain with
you for quite some time.
I have tasted a few pears that have similar astringency in the peel, and
one that I grafted for a friend a couple of years back that was astringent
all the way to the core - when she asked me if I'd care to keep one of the
young trees, I declined.

Lucky


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