What are the varieties of persimmons?

What are the varieties of persimmons? I believe many people don’t know much about this issue, so let me introduce it to you below.

What are the varieties of persimmons?

Ox Heart Persimmon

Persimmon Ox Heart Persimmon is produced in Shimengou, Mianchi County, and is named because of its shape resembling an ox heart. It has a long history and enjoys a high reputation. It is an excellent variety selected by the local people in long-term cultivation practice. Ox Heart Persimmon belongs to the Diospyros family, a deciduous tree, blooms in early June, and the flowering period is 7-12 days. The fruit is in the shape of an ox heart, and the top is a nipple-shaped protrusion. The fruit turns from green to yellow, and the mature fruit color is orange in October. It is one of my country's landmark protected specialties and enjoys a high reputation both at home and abroad. It is crispy and delicious when it is not astringent, and it is juicy and sweet when it is baked. The sun-dried Ox Heart Persimmon Cake is sweet, less fiber, soft in texture, and tastes sweet and delicious, which makes people feel like eating again. Stirring the persimmon cake in cold water can turn it into persimmon pulp, which can be comparable to honey and has a unique flavor. Persimmons contain tannins, which are easy to combine with iron, thereby hindering the body's absorption of iron in food, so anemic patients should eat less. Diabetics should not eat it.

Luotian sweet persimmon

Luotian sweet persimmon refers to the sweet persimmon produced in Luotian County, Dabie Mountain Area, Hubei Province, China. It is a Chinese geographical indication product. Luotian sweet persimmon is the only sweet persimmon variety in the world that is naturally astringent. After it matures in autumn, it can be eaten directly without processing. The sweet persimmon produced in Zuizishi Village, Sanlifan Town, Luotian County is even more precious. Its characteristics are large and colorful, round body and square bottom, thin skin and thick flesh, sweet and crisp. Sweet persimmons produced in other places generally have more than eight seeds, while Zuizishi sweet persimmons have no more than three seeds, so it is convenient to eat and process. Luotian sweet persimmon is produced all over China, distributed in the Dabie Mountain Area at the junction of Hubei, Henan and Anhui, and is cultivated most in Luotian, Hubei and some areas of Macheng. The fruit is medium-sized, with an average single fruit weight of 100 grams, and is oblate. The peel is rough and orange-red. The flesh is fine and dense, with many cores, and the quality is medium to high. It matures in Luotian in early and mid-October. This variety can be eaten directly after coloring. It has a relatively stable yield, high yield, long life, and is resistant to heat and humidity and drought. The fruit is best eaten fresh, and can also be made into dried persimmon cakes, dried persimmon slices, etc. Luotian sweet persimmon has a long history of cultivation, and it was cultivated before the Southern Song Dynasty. The grafting and propagation technology of improved varieties was widely used in the Southern Song Dynasty, and it has a long history. Luotian has been known as the "Hometown of Sweet Persimmons" since ancient times, more than 180 years earlier than the ancient sweet persimmon "Zenji Maru" (discovered in 1214) in Japan. There are more than 5,000 ancient large sweet persimmon trees over 100 years old, among which the sweet persimmons in Zuizishi and Tangjiashan have long been famous. When the Japanese invaded China, a special troop was sent to plunder Zuizishi sweet persimmon specimens and transported them back to Japan. In the 1980s, Japan sent experts to Zuizishi for special research. The photos they took were also included in Japanese textbooks. In 2001, the State Forestry Administration approved the naming of Luotian as the "Hometown of Sweet Persimmons in China." Since the 21st century, Luotian County has relied on its sweet persimmon resource advantages to vigorously develop sweet persimmon bases and continuously promote the formation of a sweet persimmon industry, achieving significant results. The county has seven major sweet persimmon production areas, including Daqi, Sanlifan, Fengshan, Pinghu, Hepu, Shengli, and Jiuzihe. By 2009, the county's sweet persimmon cultivation area had reached 45,000 mu, with an annual output of more than 10 million kilograms, and the area and output showed a rapid upward trend.

Mirror Persimmon

Heze was called Caozhou in ancient times, and the persimmons produced in Gengzhuang, Caozhou, are the best in flavor. It is said that Caozhou Gengbing has a production history of thousands of years. As early as the Ming Dynasty, it was famous throughout the country and was listed as a tribute to the court. Caozhou Gengbing is orange-yellow and transparent, with soft meat, thick frost and no seeds. It is pulpy in the mouth, mellow and sweet, rich in nutrition, and can be stored for a long time without deterioration. It has always been a top-grade persimmon and is deeply appreciated by the people. Gengbing also has high medicinal value, with the functions of clearing heat, moistening the lungs, resolving phlegm, strengthening the spleen, astringing the intestines, curing dysentery, stopping bleeding, and lowering blood pressure. Persimmon frost can treat sore throats, mouth sores and other diseases. At present, Heze has allocated a large area for planting persimmon trees to increase people's demand and export earnings.