lasttombstone
Kinder, Gentler LTS
I've got loads of persimmon trees and seedlings. I'm currently trying to identify the females, which there seem to be considerably less then the males in number, so I can get rid of the unwanted trees. So I was reading, trying to learn how to differentiate between the two and I learned a few interesting things. As it was mentioned in another thread, if there is a coffee shortage, or it gets unaffordable, roasted persimmon seeds can subtitute for coffee (@woodmoose). The fruit, fermented with cornmeal, will make beer, or it can be used to make brandy. A herbal tea is made from the leaves and, during the War of Northern Agression, persimmon seeds were used for buttons by many in the South.