South Korea: Is it a pear? Or a jelly? The crunchy and chewy exotic sweet persimmon draws attention

The Rural Development Administration introduced domestic persimmon varieties that will capture the taste of consumers and help increase farm income on the 12th. Currently, 79% of domestic persimmon cultivation area is occupied by the ‘Buyu’ variety introduced from Japan. It is expected that the area available for domestic persimmon cultivation will continue to increase in the future, so there is a need to replace domestic varieties. In order to solve this problem, the Rural Development Administration is developing differentiated persimmon varieties and making efforts to distribute them. Representative varieties are ‘Gampung’ and ‘Bonghwang.’ Gampung, which was developed in 2013, was named with the hope that it would bring a breath of fresh air to the persimmon industry. Gampung has both a crispness and softness that cannot be felt in existing Buyu. The sugar content is around 15 Brix and the fruit is juicy like a pear. In particular, the fruit weight is approximately 410g, ...