Rojo Brillante Persimmon

Rojo Brillante was selected by local Spanish growers in the 1960s among wild persimmon seedlings growing in the Ribera del Júcar region south of Valencia, Spain — documented directly in a related US Plant Patent filing for a later sport variety, "Nuevo Rojo Brillante." The name translates to "bright red," describing its striking orange-red skin. It is a pollination-variant astringent (PVA) type, and its real commercial significance is substantial: over the past few decades Spain has become one of the world's leading persimmon-producing countries largely on the strength of this single variety, helped by the later development of technology that can remove its astringency artificially while the fruit is still firm and crisp — allowing it to be shipped and sold internationally as a crunchy, ready-to-eat fruit rather than only in its traditional soft, spoon-eaten form. The fruit is large, averaging 250 to 300 grams, with glossy orange-red skin.