September 18: Persimmons

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The persimmon tree on the slope next to my apartment building has ripening fruit now. It's in a very shady area, so I think it might ripen later than most of the other wild persimmons around here. My parents' tree has had fruit falling for a month. (Theirs are smaller and almost blue when they're ripe, so maybe it's a slightly different variety, or the soil conditions are different.)

I walk past the upper branches of this tree when I cross the foot bridge to go down into the courtyard. I get to watch as the leaves come on in the spring, then the green hard blossoms, and the fruit as it grows.