A century ago, when persimmon trees saw a surge in plantings, the astringent hachiya was the top cultivar. But despite the promotional efforts of what was then the Southern California Persimmon ...

An Anna’s hummingbird calls out from the bare branch of a Hachiya persimmon tree in a Santa Cruz backyard. According to American Bird Conservancy’s website, the bird was named for the 19th ...

No fruit—or berry, if you want to get technical—demonstrates the virtue of patience more dramatically than the persimmon. So powerfully astringent is the unripe Hachiya variety, it’s a ...