Looks like snow in north Georgia. For generations, people have used the persimmon seed to prognosticate winter weather. By splitting the seed, the white embryo is exposed. If shaped like a knife, expect heavy wind. A spoon indicates snow (think snow shovel). Forks mean kind weather all season. My theory is that year-long weather effects growth rate. If the fruit is relatively immature by fall, you get the knife, farther along, the spoon and most mature, the fork. As weather comes in cycles, this has proven a fair predictor of where we are on nature's seasonal timetable.
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