Do you know kaki? They are the bright orange fruits of the Kaki tree, which belongs to the ebony family The persimmon tree originally comes from Asia. It is mainly native to China, Japan and Korea. In Ticino (southern canton of Switzerland), however, they grow very well and are common. The fruits have about the size of big tomatoes and also about the same shape There are different types of Kaki, the Persimmon-Kaki and the Sharon-Kaki are harder than the Ticino-Kaki and can be eaten hard. The fruits of the Ticino Kaki only ripen after the tree has lost all its leaves. And, also only after the first frost. The…