Watercolor of a whole red-orange persimmon with a green calyx above a cut half showing its orange flesh, on white.

A single small red-orange persimmon painted in watercolor on a white background. — Inside: four of your photos stand up below this, with your note.

No. 247 of 248 · The Natural History Series

Persimmon, ‘Hachiya’

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A ripe Hachiya persimmon glows red and orange beside its cut half, painted by Amanda Almira Newton in 1913 for the US Department of Agriculture. The persimmon’s Latin name, Diospyros, means fruit of the gods, and this one is only sweet once it is completely soft. For someone who loves good food and old botanical art.

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From the US Department of Agriculture’s fruit paintings / Persimmon, ‘Hachiya’ / Diospyros kaki / Hachiya persimmons are eaten only when completely soft; before then they pucker the mouth. Diospyros, the persimmon’s Latin name, means ‘fruit of the gods’. / USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection, 1913 / Painted by Amanda Almira Newton in 1913 for the US Department of Agriculture, to record a fruit grown in America.

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