DIOSPYROS

Oriental persimmon: looks like tomato, 3" diameter, skin - deep orange, flesh - light orange, very few seeds. Non-astringent, eaten crisp like an apple or soft. Self fertile, orange with light orange flesh. Medium sweet taste. Pest free, hardy attractive, firm, non-astringent. Most popular non-astringent variety in US and Japan.
Non-astringent cultivars have lost their astringency by maturity and can be eaten crisp like an apple or at various stages of softness.
These plants are 2 y.o. seedlings, 1-2 years from fruiting.
Learn more: Growing Persimmon trees.

Native American Persimmon. Smaller, 2-3" fruit, astringent, doesn't need cold to bloom, eaten soft.
A plum-like berry that is green before ripening, turning orange to black when ripe, 3/4 to 2 inches in diameter. Cold hardy.
Astringent cultivars have water-soluble tannins in the flesh of the fruit at maturity (harvest) and do not normally lose their astringency until soft and ripe.
This plant is leafless in fall-winter.
Learn more: Growing Persimmon trees.

Grafted Black Sapote, Chocolate Pudding Fruit, Black/Chocolate Persimmon. One of the most exotic tropical fruit, sweet black pulp tastes like chocolate pudding. Cold tolerant to light freeze, flood tolerant. Fast growing tree, heavy producer. Grafted trees will start fruiting this year or next year.

Black Sapote, Chocolate Pudding Fruit, Black/Chocolate Persimmon. One of the most exotic tropical fruit, sweet black pulp tastes like chocolate pudding. Cold tolerant to light freeze, flood tolerant. Fast growing tree, heavy producer. Seedlings will fruit within 2-3 years.