Animals & Fuyugaki Persimmons
When ripe the Fuyugaki (Fuyu) skin develops a deep orange color that shines brightly on a sunny day. The Fuyugaki Japanese Persimmon fruit is tomato shaped and tends to have four distinct indentations that run up and down the persimmon that can appear almost square in shape at some viewing angles. The Fuyugaki (Fuyu) persimmons are the most popular persimmon trees in the United States ranging from Virginia to Florida and westward to California. As a shipping commercial persimmon, the Fuyugaki is easy to pack and will hold up well in stores because of its long shelf life. In Japan the Fuyu is the most important commercial Japanese persimmon and the fruit is firm and can last for months unbruised, and it is non-astringent which means that it an be eaten even in the unripe state with no bitterness and completely seedless.