Picked up about 25 lbs of Japanese persimmons yesterday. The kind that
have to be dead ripe to be eaten. They're spread out in the garage on a
table awaiting the right time. A few were already ripe and have been
pulped and frozen.

When all the pulp is ready I intend to make some persimmon jam,
persimmon cookies, and a persimmon cake to give to the fellow that gave
us the simmons. Been awhile since we've been able to get our hands on a
good sized pile of simmons so we're looking forward to what can be made
from the. Our Fuyu persimmon tree has white scale and aphids so bad that
it only has two fruit left on it. I've been spraying with dormant oil
with a natural pesticide but they keep coming back. I will report back
once we start making "stuff" from the persimmons.

George