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The Origin of Persimmons

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International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Jun 25, 1885

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 11, No. 25.

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The Origin of Persimmons

PERSIMMONS were first spoken of in print by Captain John Smith, who classed them among Virginia plums, but called them putchamins, remarking that if eaten before they were fully ripe they "draw a man's mouth wrie with much torment." The name persimmons was evolved from putchamins. Both are of Indian origin.