name the fruit... - Texas Fishing Forum

Posted By: beartrap

name the fruit... - 09/21/23 07:00 PM

anybody know what kind of fruit this is?....we have a chinese couple as neighbors that has a small tree full of these fruits...we are watching their house/collecting mail/watering flowers for them while they are away on an extended trip and they speak very limited english (and i speak zero chinese) so I'm not sure what kind of answer I would get if i asked them.......

Posted By: TexDawg

Re: name the fruit... - 09/21/23 07:03 PM

Unripe plum? I really have no ide

Posted By: lconn4

Re: name the fruit... - 09/21/23 07:15 PM

cut it open so we can see what the inside looks like

https://www.yumofchina.com/chinese-fruits/

Posted By: Fish-ed

Re: name the fruit... - 09/21/23 07:21 PM

Maybe a persimmon, not sure.

Posted By: beartrap

Re: name the fruit... - 09/21/23 07:35 PM

Originally Posted by lconn4

cut it open so we can see what the inside looks like

https://www.yumofchina.com/chinese-fruits/

I'm guessing it is a mango.....my wife says it will turn a darker orange as it ripens.....

Posted By: BrandoA

Re: name the fruit... - 09/21/23 07:41 PM

According to my plant app that is a Japanese Persimmon and is edible

Posted By: beartrap

Re: name the fruit... - 09/21/23 07:54 PM

Originally Posted by BrandoA

According to my plant app that is a Japanese Persimmon and is edible

thanks...appreciate the info....

Posted By: Sawhorse

Re: name the fruit... - 09/21/23 07:57 PM

Chinese people growing Japanese fruit?

Posted By: hopalong

Re: name the fruit... - 09/21/23 07:58 PM

name the fruit? petey bootygige transportation secy.

Posted By: TexDawg

Re: name the fruit... - 09/21/23 08:14 PM

Originally Posted by Sawhorse

Chinese people growing Japanese fruit?

That’s like a yankee growing okra

Posted By: ReelBusy

Re: name the fruit... - 09/21/23 08:22 PM

Kumquat

Posted By: gar1970

Re: name the fruit... - 09/21/23 08:29 PM

+1 persimmon . Pot licker makes some delicious persimmon cookies

Posted By: CCTX

Re: name the fruit... - 09/21/23 09:01 PM

Persimmon; top five fruit.

They are widely available at H-Mart and such end of October to March.

Excellent eating.

Posted By: Okie Poke

Re: name the fruit... - 09/21/23 09:19 PM

That’s an easy one……persimmon.

Posted By: BJH ( JUST JIGGING)

Re: name the fruit... - 09/21/23 09:37 PM

Just don't bite an unripe one!

Posted By: Sawhorse

Re: name the fruit... - 09/21/23 09:40 PM

Originally Posted by TexDawg

Originally Posted by Sawhorse

Chinese people growing Japanese fruit?

That’s like a yankee growing okra

Agreed. I’m not even sure it’s legal.

Posted By: uncle_bagster

Re: name the fruit... - 09/21/23 09:40 PM

You can spit one open and tell what kind of winter you'll have:

https://www.farmersalmanac.com/have-you-seen-the-persimmon-forecast

Posted By: ssigler

Re: name the fruit... - 09/22/23 12:26 AM

Persimmons are good eating, BJH is right don't eat unripe they
will clean your inurds out.