In 2016, when Nicole Yamanaka moved into her grandparents’ old house in Mountain View, she and her then-­fiancé, Byron, became the proud caretakers of two large Hachiya persimmon trees in the yard.

Residents inspect peeled persimmons hung together to dry at a farm in Sancheong, South Gyeongsang, southeastern South Korea, on Dec. 3, 2025. Dried persimmons, called "gotgam" in Korean, are a Korean ...

The two types of persimmons are now currently at the market, so fall must be in the air. Hachiya persimmons are teardrop shaped and used mostly for cooking or drying. Fuyu persimmons are the squat ...

Autumn brings two luscious varieties of persimmons to the marketplace. One, the Hachiya, is heart-shaped and a vivid orange. It needs to be fully ripe with a water balloon-like consistency to be ...