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And in between there is the majority, in ignorance of the fruit, scarcely having heard its name, much less having ever tasted it.
Champions of the persimmons apparently are delighted that their chief competitors are possums and other small animals because the gradual urbanization has reduced growing space for the trees.
The dead-ripe fruit, eaten with a spoon or out-of-hand, has a taste that to some is similar to the palm date or apricot.
Capt. JohnaSmith was one of the first Virginians impressed by the persimmon.
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