If you liked this, check out these other episodes about persimmons: Chocolate Pudding Fruit: kzread.info/dash/bejne/oGWetK-Rn8e1Zc4.html Texas Persimmon: kzread.info/dash/bejne/p4OKo6Stp9DIndI.html Fuyu vs Haichiya: kzread.info/dash/bejne/q6Wg3LCIaaifZM4.html Chocolate Pudding Fruit in Mexico: kzread.info/dash/bejne/m56Mqpqch6mrY7A.html American Persimmon: kzread.info/dash/bejne/i3aF2pdunKuwn6w.html tropical persimmon: kzread.info/dash/bejne/qWdrpKOqlqudkdo.html

@SKiLLsSoLoN

3 жыл бұрын

Tsurunoko aka Chocolate persimmon kzread.info/dash/bejne/m62fwa-HY9DVYpM.html

Wow thank you for the compliments! I’m really glad you liked the fruit and jam, and I’m glad I could help add another fruit to your list :)

@WeirdExplorer

6 жыл бұрын

You're the best. It really was an interesting one!

@vazev

6 жыл бұрын

You are awesome Ryan! Thank you for making this video possible!

@Erik-ht3yi

6 жыл бұрын

I’m in Dallas and I’ve never seen or heard of this type of persimmon.

@lauvpatel5258

6 жыл бұрын

I also live in Texas but I never hear of this fruit, I really want to try it now.

@hasibahmadzai7569

5 жыл бұрын

@@WeirdExplorer I just wanted to mention I just ate a black Sapote after having some Miracle berries and it really heightened the flavour and made it taste like chocolate pudding! I agree the black Sapote by itself is a bit mild in sweetness like unsweetened date paste.

Even most Texans don’t know about this fruit. It is only common in south Texas (where I live) and in part of northern Mexico. It’s also fairly hard to forage- it’s not rare, but birds usually eat all the fruit before I find it. Jared’s description of the taste is apt. The fruit on wild plants is quite small- the ones in this video are probably the largest I’ve ever seen. If you get enough of them, though, you can make a good molasses out of them. They are also good in cakes and cookies.

@peachymanaangel

6 жыл бұрын

Gary Cooper do they grow in the south east or closer to Mexico were it is drier?

@censusgary

6 жыл бұрын

I know the Texas persimmon from the Rio Grande Valley. But the Wikipedia article on Diospyros texana has a range map that shows the plant occurring from maybe Austin south into Mexico and west about as far as the Big Bend, but not including the upper Texas coast (so excluding Houston, Galveston, the Big Thicket, the Piney Woods, etc). en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diospyros_texana

@RickGrael

3 жыл бұрын

They're also very common in the Hill Country and in parts of West Texas wherever there is occasionally more water than usual, especially along arroyos. The main entrance to Big Bend National Park is even called Persimmon Gap.

@haroldsaxon1075

3 жыл бұрын

The trees are plentiful in Austin tx, but only 1 in 4 or so actually produce fruit. Anyone know what the fruiting conditions are? Are some trees male?

@absalomdraconis

3 жыл бұрын

@@haroldsaxon1075 : kwitchabichen mentioned that some trees are male, and the females need a male nearby for fruit.

As a someone that is always trying native fruits, i could tell you less than 5% of texans know this is edible. I have been eating them since i was a younger and can tell you different trees have different quality but most are super sweet. You have to find a female tree to get fruit and will require a male somewhere near by. The tree takes many years to get to a size that will fruit. When i find a tree that has an extra “fruity” glavor on top of the sweetness i always go back and fill a bag.

I’m in horticulture class and I was telling my teacher that this “bush” we had was actually an American persimmon. She said “our school wouldn’t plant that” and then came back in class with a fruit and a branch, looked it up and proved her wrong. And your video is helping me convince her to let me eat it.

@swannjiejiechow3495

6 ай бұрын

Hi, would you consider sending me like 10 seeds ? what would you like to exchange for that? :^)

They are a delight, my ranch in SW Texas is covered with the trees, they are a wonderful small semi-evergreen tree with a peeling whiteish bark. 👍 Make great jam.

You can eat the skins on a Texas persimmon! Delicious. They also make good wine.

I never saw this in East Texas, but in Hill Country around San Antonio it is fairly common. The deer love this fruit.

My yard is FILLED with these trees! We eat Texas persimmons and cactus all the time. They've been used, traditionally, as dye. They cook into a great jam with a raisin or prune like flavor. Also! You can use the ground and roast seed as coffee substitute people swear by it

@swannjiejiechow3495

6 ай бұрын

Hi, would you consider sending me like 10 seeds ? what would you like to exchange for that? :^)

I have these growing wild on my property; they're absolutely delicious and make EXCELLENT jelly. Very nutritious.

@Swindle1984

3 жыл бұрын

The skin is perfectly edible, by the way. Removal is unnecessary.

@Swindle1984

3 жыл бұрын

The reason they're hard to grow is because you have male and female trees; only female trees produce fruit, and until it gets to the point that it can produce fruit, you have no idea if your tree is male or female.

They have these growing at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin and I was surprised how tasty they are. Wish they grew everywhere.

Bob Hansler did a video on the fruits growing on his land. He said that he munches on them whilst wandering around.

Yay. I've sprouted some seeds; maybe I'll get to taste this in about 7 years.

@AlbinoAxolotl

6 жыл бұрын

tohopes Where did you get the seeds? Also do they grow on trees or shrubs? I’d love to grow some as well. I have a pretty large rare fruit collection so I’d be happy to do a trade!

@tohopes

6 жыл бұрын

You can see what the trees look like in various KZread videos. I got the seeds back in August from an eBay seller in Texas who no longer has any listed. Maybe the season is over? I kept them moist and warm and they germinated within a few weeks.

a good fruit reccomendation is the sand plum, in oklahoma they are common to see. we pick them from bushes back home

@absalomdraconis

3 жыл бұрын

Warning for the unfamiliar: sand plum jelly usually has sweetener added, because the fruits just aren't very sweet.

I'm so pleased I found this video! I have a few persimmons but really wanted to try to grow a texan persimmon here in Ireland. I couldn't get one but did get a few seeds. I managed to germinate just one and my little tree is now just 2 inches tall and is being very very lovingly looked after in the hope it survives!

Great review! Saw these growing wild in Big Bend, TX years ago. Have been curious ever since. Super interesting. I also appreciate that you show us the seeds even if it isn't always pretty! Big thanks to Ryan!

@WeirdExplorer

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Richard!

been in Texas my whole life and just now discovering😅. never too late!

This is a really great video Jared. A really obscure fruit, good taste description and references to existing fruits. Nice!!

@WeirdExplorer

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Ben!

These dont grow everywhere in Texas. I tried foraging for them. They like living in dry hill country areas and deer love them.

@richardportman8912

3 жыл бұрын

That's why we love dry hill country areas.

You have inspired me to try new fruits whenever I can! :D

This fruit is native only to tropical and desert regions of south Texas. I grew up in the Houston area, and I don't remember seeing this one there. Good video, as usual!

Dang, I really like persimons, have been searching for sapotes to try and love rambutans and everything else longan berry related so this sounds like a dream plant to me. I live is California so if it can survive the deserts of Texas than it should grow ok here!

They grow everywhere where I live. Growing up i would go racoon hunting with my friend. He had about 15 coon hounds. The dogs were trained to go right to the persimmon trees. Raccoons like a variety of fruits but these are by far their favorite. The fruits taste quite sweet but fall short in flavor. You can boil them down and make a syrup.

I have never seen persimmons like this before. That's really cool.

So cool. I always wanted to try one, thank you to the person who sent these, and thanks for reviewing them Jared.

@WeirdExplorer

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Raymond!

Interesting. In China we have a mini persimmon that is edible only after being dried. We call that "black date" or black jujube.

@swannjiejiechow3495

6 ай бұрын

Hi, would you consider sending me like 10 seeds ? what would you like to exchange for that? :^)

I found this video because I was walking in the woods and I came across a bunch a squished berries on the ground. I saw this tree with berries and I picked them. When I got home I googled and found your video. Thank you this was very informative. Now I'm not scared to try them lol

@WeirdExplorer

Жыл бұрын

happy to help :)

Honestly knowing Black Sapotes (I loove those) - That black tar-y substance looks delicious to me. Even darker fleshed persimmons, like Chocolate, are usually tastier to me. Did not even know this species existed or grew in Texas though!

@seananthames7017

11 ай бұрын

I'm in Central Texas and they are all over my property. Tastes like chocolate

Thanks for the review. I just found out one of our trees is a young Texas Persimmon. I hope it fruits one day, but apparently it could be 6+ years from now.

I have 5 Texas persimmon trees on my property that produce fruit. Funny you have the Sapote, my dad says they’re “Sapotillos” (little sapotes).

I harvested 5 gallons of black persimmons growing wild on our half acre propery in the Texas Hill Country. I've prepared them and I'm about to make jam and would love to get a good recipe!

Good as always. Growing these in my backyard already.

@WeirdExplorer

6 жыл бұрын

cool, good luck!

Another member of the persimmon family you might want to try is the date plum (Diospyros lotus).

Bob Hansler did a video on this. It was lovely, Texas seems to have a good bit of indigenous fruits.

I have many, many of these small trees on my property. Only the females produce the berries and, yes, they will stain your mouth and fingers if you don't wash quickly!

What a fabulous fruit! Looks like I’m going to have to do some research and searching for this one. Thank you again for such an awesome video!

@WeirdExplorer

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Oh huh we had a tree that produced this fruit in our yard when I was a kid. We never ate any but my dad would say they were persimmons.

Ive lived in texas all my life and was totally unaware of this fruit until seeing some in a park and looking it up on Google and seeing u had this vid on them. Lol thanks dude. (And ryan!)

I have a Texas Persimmon tree. it's gorgeous and the fruit is awesome.

I’m visiting family in south Texas and saw this fruit in trees all over the yard! Loved this video, I might try to make some jam! New subscriber. 🌿

The persimmon I had in Texas were about that size but orange and they were delicious I used to grab buckets of them and munch on them all day

Remindes me of pecan pie. We have an area where i live n southern Oklahoma that has a dozen or so of these trees.. most of the fruits have 6+ seeds n em. But one of the trees has 1-3 seeds per fruit. It is by far the best tree for foraging..

@Weird_Explorer good evaluation on the Tx Persimmon. Next time can you do us all a favor and put some in your hair and tell us if it dyes your hair black or brownish. Opps!!! you have black hair, who can you get to volunteer to see, maybe a blond friend of yours? Now the possibilities open up (think tank)!

Man just found you and also a fan of exotic fruits . Just earned a sub

@WeirdExplorer

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

I have these all over my yard! I can never seem to find many fruits, the animals normally get them all first :P

@WeirdExplorer

6 жыл бұрын

Smart animals hah

@hibaby9379

6 жыл бұрын

Morgan what part of Texas do you find these, I live in East Texas and have never seen these before.. We do have a very sweet variety here but they ripen in the winter...

@AlbinoAxolotl

6 жыл бұрын

Morgan's Garden and Apiary Do these grow on a tree or a bush/shrub? I’m really interested in growing a nice sweet variety!

@censusgary

6 жыл бұрын

Jen Thompson, it’s generally more of a shrub than a tree, although it may grow into a small tree if conditions are right.

@censusgary

6 жыл бұрын

Some Texas Persimmon trees are said to be 12 meters (about 39 feet) high, although I’ve never seen one anywhere near that tall. Perhaps if you planted a tree in full sun, watered it and fertilized it, you’d get a really big one. Or maybe that would kill it. Cultivating wild trees can be tricky. Not every plant can be domesticated (although that doesn’t stop me from trying). By the way, the Texas Persimmon is dioecious, meaning each tree is either male or female, and you need at least one of each sex to get fruit.

can these be grown in Dallas? or just south Texas?

Ceylon Gooseberry video here I come.

My uncle has one of these trees but that’s the only time I’ve seen them. He lives in the hill country of Texas.

It is best made into Jam. It is great on English muffins! Or a peanut butter and jelly sandwich yum!

@p.w.r.4179

5 жыл бұрын

how would u describe the taste?

Wow, first of all thanks for another great Video Jared, secondly amazing to always find new fruits, i never new these existed, im gonna try growing them since i dont really like the normal persimmons,

@WeirdExplorer

6 жыл бұрын

Cool! Yeah these are very different. Scant flesh, but very tasty.

I gotta say, it’s pretty amazing how you’re able to pick out all these specific flavors in the stuff you find (or come across). Were you always like that, or was it something that developed with the project?

@WeirdExplorer

6 жыл бұрын

I'm getting better at it, I also edit out a lot of me scratching my head and going "uhhh...."

Jared, I just saw you on the Action Bronson show! Wow, I had no idea you were a contortionist!

@WeirdExplorer

6 жыл бұрын

Ah cool, I was wondering if anyone here would have seen me on it haha. Yep, that's my day job.

When did you film that? I would love to know when they are ripe.

@WeirdExplorer

6 жыл бұрын

I filmed that.... Aug 1st. So I'm guessing its in season towards the end of September.

i’ve lived in houston since birth and I’ve not heard of these until i watched this video I wanna make jam

Probably has SO much anthocyanin, wow. Unless it's another pigment type? Very healthy probably...

Do they use it for a dye ?

Mr. Weird, if you had to eat a black sapote or a black plantain again which would you choose?

@WeirdExplorer

6 жыл бұрын

Black sapote. If anything, just for the rarity, but also with the fantasy that one day I will find one that actually tastes like chocolate.

Can you eat them directly off the tree, or do you have to wait for them to get really ripe and fall like with eastern American persimmons?

im from noth Mexico here we called "chapote" or zapote prieto is a wild tree, is not regualar now because desertification are destroying the trees.

We had normal wild orange-colored persimmons in Texas too...

@AlexGargilisChannel

6 жыл бұрын

Yes! I remember as children we picked them too early not knowing they had to ripen... but eventually they did and they were wonderful!

@richardlozano4236

6 жыл бұрын

You should do a review show on all the native American fruit you have tried. And do even more shows on local American fruit

@VincentGonzalezVeg

5 жыл бұрын

chocolate persimmions are amazing the flesh is brown and orange inside an normal persimmion skin with a few mm waxy translicent orange skin, you can see brown between orange fiborus veins as an indication they are in the best eating time for ripening

hey so i bought a hachiya persimmon a few months back in a fruit shop. i waited a week or so for it to ripen, but when i cut it open, there was black lines and stuff in it. is this some specific type of persimmon or was it just rotting? (i didnt eat it just to be safe)

@WeirdExplorer

6 жыл бұрын

Hmm.. not sure. I've never had a persimmon do that, could have been bad :/

I Am Excited For The Garlic Fruit Video Next Week'

@WeirdExplorer

6 жыл бұрын

Its going to be an interesting one!

@easygrows2699

6 жыл бұрын

Me too :D !!!

@edblank2766

6 жыл бұрын

Why haven't you reviewed chilli peppers?

@WeirdExplorer

6 жыл бұрын

Chilies are a big undertaking. I'll do a review one of these days comparing some varieties.

@kir2847

6 жыл бұрын

Capsicum chinense varieties with vaguely badass names will surely get you some views!

I guess not everything is bigger in Texas.

I’ve always been curious about this one but never came across it. Speaking of small, have you tried Diospyros lotos? Pea-sized persimmons. :-)

@WeirdExplorer

6 жыл бұрын

I haven't, but have been wanting to try it!

What part of texas do they grow in? I've lived in southeast texas my entire life and have never even heard of these.

@DarnellGamer

6 жыл бұрын

From Houston n me either. N I been watching this guy since he started. He actually helped me grow my exotic garden by showing me these fruits

@WeirdExplorer

6 жыл бұрын

so glad to help!

I have a tree with these persimmons in my backyard!

@WeirdExplorer

5 жыл бұрын

nice!

@swannjiejiechow3495

6 ай бұрын

Hi, would you consider sending me like 10 seeds ? what would you like to exchange for that? :^)

Goth fruit! :o

All these awesome fruit vids and you’re also a contortionist 👏🏼

Concord grapes have a leathery skin and a slimey inside but the flavor is worth the weirdness

Where can i order a icecreem bean from

@WeirdExplorer

6 жыл бұрын

i think miamifruit.org might have them.

Wait Jared, is your South America series over? You haven't posted such content in a while.

@WeirdExplorer

6 жыл бұрын

I'm afraid so. I have a couple things filmed that may end up in future episodes, but the South America chapter is over until I visit again.

Here in North Pakistan we have lots of black persimmon

I ate one growing wild as a kid, and my mom freaked out thinking I ate poison XD

I'm from Houston Texas n I nvr heard of it lol heyyy what's up are u still donating seeds to patron supporters?

Hello Frank

Here in Australia with have a nice persimon

Ok, based on the taste description-impression , we call it Uvalama in Spanish.

interesting

I live in Texas but I actually never heard of these fruit

that's one LONG tongue. lon-ton

I'm from Houston and have never seen the actual fruit of this persimmon only the tree.Thx

You need to find out the focal length of your camera so that you can get a good close up of the fruit, also would help the camera auto focus if you hold the fruit in one hand and put your palm up behind it.

Looks yummy..😆😆😆😆😆

Diospyros - is the Ebony family. Have you hunted down Ebony and seen if the fruit is edible?

Hi we call it black persimmon " kala amlok" in Pakistan.

I have tons of persimmon trees

Diospyros californica is very similar but bigger and if you ask me better tastewise and seed-to-pulp ratio

i hope to grow these in australia.

@oscarbear7498

10 ай бұрын

we're you able too?

@Shane_O.5158

10 ай бұрын

the seeds didn't grow. @@oscarbear7498

Would you be able to send me the seeds of this Mexican Persimmon? I can send you seeds, too. Remember, when you come to the Caribbean, to contact me for the special fruits. I identified a number of them you don't have yet, I think.

1:17 is a calyx, not a stem.

👍🏻

lived in texas my whole life and never seen em

long tongue is long

@WeirdExplorer

6 жыл бұрын

rock n roll

Catbird

I live in Texas, what the hell is that!, I've never seen a persimmon like that!.. Don't eat it!..lol

@WeirdExplorer

6 жыл бұрын

haha too late!

@hibaby9379

6 жыл бұрын

Giggles!..

@keithlarsen7557

6 жыл бұрын

Im reppin that 817 214 area, aint heated of even persimmons.

What is it with you and birds? lol

diospyros lotus, the latin name is diospyros lotus. aka date-plum? have you tried that?

@WeirdExplorer

6 жыл бұрын

I haven't, looks interesting though!

I know this is an old video, but I have to say I've lived in Houston, TX my entire life and I've never seen these. Must not be from Southeast Texas.

Black sapote makes me nauseous.

Darn! The secret is out and now we're going to have those darned Yankees coming down here and stealing our persimmons!!! ;-) Welcome to Texas -- now, go home! ;-)