The Veggie Girl: The bright jewels of winter – pomegranates, persimmons and cranberries

Deeply colorful pomegranates and persimmons arrive just as we begin to feel winter’s gray weight.   Overcast skies and dripping rain are no match for these bright fruits. They decorate branches and produce stalls with their jewel-like red and orange tones, daring us to defy dreariness.   They join less hefty gem-like cranberries, which have been around a while (since mid-fall at least), in a