On a recent warm May day, bundles of small sun-kissed-colored fruit droop from a towering tree in Raffy Espiritu’s backyard ...

A completely ripe persimmon will be either a bright orange or orange-red color ... and they tend to have a much firmer texture. Persimmon fruit vary in their size, shape, color and fruit texture ...

At first glance, the harvest looks like a puzzling mixture of familiar fruits — the color of a mango, the shape of a baby apricot, the texture ... of bulb-shaped orange fruit in the late spring ...