Persimmon
In a good environment and with good care, fruiting will begin in year six and continues for fifty years or more.
It is one of the first invaders of old fields with the seeds brought in by wild birds and animals.
The leaf is rather leathery and dark green.
The American Persimmon tree, Diospyrus virginiana, is a native fruit tree with attractive edible fruit.
Its dark-green leaves conceal small fragrant white flowers that are replaced by pale-orange fruits, which ripen after frost.
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For United States gardeners ... remember to fertilize your lawn around the summer holidays. First on Memorial Day weekend to start the summer, again on Labor Day after the heat of the summer has passed, and finally near Halloween for a healthy lawn next spring.
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