Persimmon Varieties
The Hashimoto Persimmon Farm encompasses a total five hundred persimmon trees on five acres of land. The fresh fruits are harvested and sold during the months of October, November and sometimes part of December each year. We grow three primary varieties.
Maru
The Maru is an astringent variety and is cured by using dry ice to remove its astringency. The fruit is a yellow-green fruit and is not a particularly attractive fruit, but is very sweet when cured. The Maru is an early variety and is available from the end of September to mid October. The Maru is also used to make dehydrated persimmons (dried persimmons).
Fuyu
The Fuyu is an attractive orange and is non astringent. The Fuyu can be eaten right after harvest and is available from October and November and up to early December.
Hachiya
The Hachiya is an orange astringent variety that needs to be eaten when soft. It cannot be cured, therefore, it needs to be eaten soft (like gelatin).
