The proof is in the persimmon pudding

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Persimmon pulp is very pudding-like, and some people make it into a pudding dish.

By Lisa Brunette

After a few years’ wait for the tree to mature and bear fruit, this fall we finally saw a crop of persimmons grow on our native Diospyros virginiana.

We’d been babying the fruit, taking care to hang bird-deterrent reflectors near each one…