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American persimmon · Apple (Malus) · Pear · Stone fruit
📍 Drake Park, 2300 Drake Park Ave, Des Moines, IA 50311, USA
🗓 Season: October · November · December · August · September
🔍 When is it ripe?
American persimmon: Must be fully ripe (very soft, almost jelly-like) before eating. Harvest after first frost or when naturally falling. Dark orange to purple when ready. Rich, caramel-sweet flavour.
Apple (Malus): Background skin colour shifts from green toward yellow; seeds turn brown when ripe. Fruit separates from the spur with a gentle upward twist. Aroma develops near the base. Wild Malus fruit is often small and tart — excellent for cider and jelly.
Pear: Unlike apples, pears ripen from the inside out. Harvest when the skin colour lightens and the fruit separates with a gentle upward twist. Ripen off the tree at room temperature — leave on a counter until the neck yields to thumb pressure.
Public orchard. Trees are pruned, but not sprayed, so there will be significant bug damage. Easy to cut out or eat around. Apples, asian and european pears, peaches (trees are not doing well), cherries, plums, persimmon (will probably be 2020 before it bears fruit). There's even a little fig tree (we'll see how long that lasts; edit: it died). Feel free to pick what you can eat, but please don't take for sale or large canning projects. If you'd like to help care for the orchard, contact the Drake Neighborhood Association.
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