Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. Jasper Elementary School ... they consider adopting the persimmon as the Hooser state fruit. Fourth-grader Grant Blackman then educated ...

Every state has a state fruit, but few have such historical depth as the scuppernong. While it's known as the state fruit of North Carolina, it can be found far and wide. WRAL contributor At the ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WNDU) - Today brought a pint-sized push to make persimmon the Indiana state fruit. The exercise involved a bunch of Indiana elementary students making the statehouse their home for ...