Picked a Peck of Persimmons...

My daughter-in-law found a gentleman, on freecycle.org offering his persimmons if we were willing to come pick them. What a perfect, post-Thanksgiving activity.

Persimmon trees can be found in many parts of Santa Rosa, Sebastopol and dot the landscape all over Sonoma County. The popular Asian species of persimmon came to the United States in the mid 1800s when communities and agricultural richness were first developing.

Today's harvest was the tasty non-astringent Fuyu which can be (and was) eaten when hard and fresh off the tree. That said, the taste definitely benefits from a few days left off the tree.

As for our total harvested, we had way more than a peck's worth. Just how much fruit is in a peck? A peck is an imperial and United States customary unit of dry volume, equivalent to 2 gallons or 8 dry quarts or 16 dry pints. So a half peck is equivalent to 1 gallon, or small bag of apples. We picked 118 persimmons which equates to a few pecks of yum, indeed! Fun stuff.

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