High and alone in a bare persimmon tree for one’s dinner hardly sounds like a merry Christmas.
But I was half afraid as I came to the fence where I could look down upon the pond and over to the persimmon trees.
It had been nearly twenty years since I crossed this pasture of the cedars on my way to the persimmon trees.
Persimmon tree (a) One graft, green on green; one green graft on old wood.
A growing persimmon shoot about two feet long was cut up into scions with a few buds each, and about one-fourth of a leaf allowed to remain at the distal end of each scion, other leaves on each scion being snipped off.
On July 28th three persimmon scions consisting of last year's wood and each one carrying a couple of inches of new growth with a terminal trimmed leaf were grafted into last year's wood on another persimmon tree.
This would seem to mean that the terminal leaves in scions conducted or helped to conduct repair in green graft wounds to a point where buds are now bursting on two persimmon scions.
One green persimmon scion with terminal leaf inserted in bark slot of branch one inch in diameter cut back for purpose.
One day an ape came along having a persimmon seed, which he offered to swap with the crab for a rice-cake.
Every once in a while, he would pull off a green sour persimmon and hit the crab hard, until his shell was nearly cracked.
Any o' us," continued the speaker, "could plug the persimmonthat a way.
The smoke o' it ud choke a skunk out o' a persimmon log.
It stood on a rise upon the bank of the river in a grove of oaks and hickories, with a big persimmon tree in front of the door.
About seven o'clock in the morning the overseer sounded his horn; and we all repaired to the shade of some persimmon trees, which grew in a corner of the field, to get our breakfast.
The Mexican or Black Persimmon and the Great Laurel (Rhododendron maximum) afford substitutes.
The persimmon is a member of the ebony family (Ebenaceae), and the extremely close-grained heartwood is almost black.
It should be noted of these woods that the thin heart of the persimmon is black, that of the Bois d'Arc is yellow, and that of the cherry is red.
Structural Peculiarities and Uses ofPersimmon Wood, of Osage Orange Wood, of Cherry Wood.
Jules in a insubordinate tone, an' slapsPersimmon on the flank.
They all came, and they all fell to arguin' whether the Infantry should 'ave Persimmon for a regimental pet or the Cavalry should keep him for stud purposes.
This is the Royal Navy, not Newmarket"; and we carried Persimmon to the top of the mangel-wurzel clump as directed.
Persimmon shone out in his naked splendour, red to port, green to starboard, and one white light at his bows, as per Board o' Trade regulations.
I think Persimmon was noblest on the starboard or green side--more like when a man thinks he's seeing mackerel in hell, don't you know?
Such was the effect of Persimmon on their clarss feelings.
In the fall of the year a persimmon tree on the roadside would halt a column and detain it till the last persimmon disappeared.
The persimmon (Diospyrus Virginiana) is a small tree usually found in the middle and southern states.
For this reason if one wishes to grow persimmon trees it is best to buy grafted trees from some reliable nurseryman.
Practically the whole output of persimmon lumber is used in making shuttles.
It grows long surface roots from which numerous suckers grow which form the "persimmon thickets.
If you dig them out and leave a piece of root in the ground, it will come up just like sassafras or persimmon will on that piece of root.
The leaves help purify the air; the persimmon and the tree with a wild grapevine are food for wild life.
He had been planting nut trees and papaw trees and persimmon trees for years.
It wan't no longer than last week that she kept that little nigger of Uncle Boaz's up a persimmon tree for mo'n an hour.
Thar's some niggers that look so much like possums when they git up in persimmon branches that it takes a sharp eye to tell the difference," observed Tim Mallory.
The persimmon (Diospyrus Virginiana) is a small tree usually found in the middle and southern states.
Later on the same men began to dispute about horse-racing, and the world-renowned names of Ladas and Persimmon and Minoru, etc.
I tell you Persimmon was the King's 'oss, and he won the Derby in 1898.
As the vicar read on silence fell upon the ward; the question of Persimmon was dropped, and even the delirious man ceased to blaspheme and lay quiet for a time.
The possums were generally found wandering here and there among the thickets, or located in low persimmon trees.
Immediately thereafter he spat out his first taste of persimmon with great emphasis, his mouth so puckered that it was with difficulty that he could express his unfavorable opinion of the new fruit.
The persimmon is about the size of a plum, but is flattened at the poles.
The road under the moon was white and from a persimmon tree in an old field came the trill of a mockingbird.
Zounds, sir, do you call it civilization to see hundreds of fields turned out to persimmon bushes and broom sedge?
Put him in a pot and parboil him, then put him in a oven wid lots of lard or fat-back, and then bake him wid yaller yam potatoes, flanked round and round, and then wash him down wid locust and persimmon beer followed by a piece of pumpkin pie.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "persimmon" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: berry; ebony; fruit; oak; orange; tree
