Talk:Persimmon regiment

A fact from Persimmon regiment appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 18 September 2009 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that a persimmon regiment was a nickname for three Union army regiments that had an unusual fondness for eating persimmons?

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Persimmon picture

I'm pretty sure the persimmon fruit pictured in this article is an Asian variety rather than the American Persimmon talked about in the article. 71.254.200.235 (talk) 15:08, 12 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]