“…Instrumental and sensory measurements of texture performed on a macroscopic level reflect the status of the microstructure of the fruit or vegetable; this has been shown for crops such as apples [ 10 ], olives [ 11 ], onions [ 12 ], and potatoes [ 13 ]. For crops destined for drying, both the composition [ 14 , 15 ] and morphology [ 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 ] of the plant cell wall play important roles in the final product’s microstructure (and thus the overall texture). Certainly, the cell water status/turgor pressure [ 13 ], the maturity level of the raw fruit [ 21 , 22 ], and the drying process conditions [ 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 ] also influence the dried product microstructure and macro-texture, but these factors were held constant in the present study, in that all persimmon samples were harvested at the same maturity level and hot-air-dried under identical conditions, with the final products having nearly identical (and very low) moisture contents.…”