They pucker up the mouth.

We have some in our lease pasture and I've collected them hoping to make jelly. I can't seem to find the right stage where they aren't bitter. I just taste them at the different ripeness stages and always have too much bitter so I've never actually made jelly.
Have y'all had any luck making jelly with native persimmons?

I appreciate the heads up.
One question........
You say........
Chill seeds in a ziploc bag in moist peat moss or moist paper towels in refrigerator until February then plant in pots.
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Between September and February, won't persimmons disintegrate in a ziplock bag in fridge? When ripe they are already fairly mushy. Refrigeration isn't gonna keep them intact or from growing mold and fungus. Freezing will but I am not sure if freezing will hurt their eventual germination potential.
From your experience, can you speak to this "preservation" concern? Are you saying remove seeds from persimmons prior to refrigeration?

I have never heard those called native persimmons. Our persimmons are black when ripe. We make jelly and wine out of them that is good. I've never had the common persimmon that is orange in color but i will say it's a lot prettier.

i have a bunch of persimmons trees bearing a bunch of fruit right now near Bryan... but they are not ripe. they're still really hard. I thought they're supposed to be ripe later in Oct or Nov?

I might put a protein feeder under some of them so the whitetail can get some real nourishment along with the candy.

Yes, remove seeds. Just chill seeds.

76Ag said:

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They pucker up the mouth.

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These are soft & ripe, I ate several no pucker.

Jason_Roofer said:

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I have never heard those called native persimmons. Our persimmons are black when ripe. We make jelly and wine out of them that is good. I've never had the common persimmon that is orange in color but i will say it's a lot prettier.

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There are several persimmon species. I've grown all but Texas persimmon.

Hill Country has Diospyrus texana , Texas Persimmon. Black fruit. Can be invasive.

East Texas, Coastal areas have Diospyrus virginiana, orange fruit. Makes a very large tree , often 40 feet or more tall. That's the type that are ripe in Bryan on FM1179.

Most commercial nurseries graft improved persimmons on Diospyrus lotus, and Asian variety called the date-plum or lotus persimmon. It has small orange fruit.

Persimmons grown for large fruit sold in stores are Diospyrus kaki. Called Japanese or Chinese persimmon.