Fruits of our Evening Walk

We have been trying to get out for a walk 'around the block' each evening after dinner. 

Having walked alongside the now dry bed of the stream below the house, we follow the road back.

We have been watching the fruits on this tree by the road.  They have the colour and bloom of plums but the shape is more like an apple.  The tree itself appears to have been the target of some kind of bug and all the leaves are marked.

I brought one of the little fruits back tonight.  Although it doesn't yet have the characteristic orange colour and is quite small, it is a persimmon - the American Persimmon to be exact.

The rather larger fruit next to it - also gathered this evening - is a Black Walnut.  These trees are apparently particularly prized for their wood, although as I understand it, the fruits are edible in the normal way. 

(We won't be eating either of them - in case you were wondering)!