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dual iiiimei^, ami diU'irent varielied with the same uanie, as subsequent ex- 

 perience has proved. At the pre^^l'nt lime (ISSH) great diflicdlty ia expe- 

 rienced in identifying the dillerent varieties of this fruit. 



A great many of the trees sent out (whicii included many of the tirst 

 seedlings grown by Mr. Saiuiders) died from being planted in too cold and 

 unfavorable situations, and sonui of them that were planted where they 

 ought to have done well were very much neglected, and having done poorly 

 created little interest. But some of them, under more favorable circum- 

 stances of both climate and culture, produced excellent results, and the nur- 

 Eerynien of the country beg;iu to import and sell trees. Mr. S. B. Par.sous, 

 of Flushing, L. I., Mr. P. J. Berckmans, .Augusta, Ga., and Mr. H. H. Berger 

 of San Francisco, Cal, were among the most prominent of those engaged in 

 this work. H. H. Berger ct Co. are now extensively engaged in this busi- 

 ness and have a branch nursery in Japan, where the trees are being propa- 

 gated for sale in this country. 



After repeated trials all over the United States and in Canada, it is now 

 known that the species will not safely withstand a climate where the tem- 

 perature falls to zero even occasionally, and some varieties are even more 

 tender. There is considerable difference in the varieties as to hardineas. 

 The northern limit of successful growth is about like that of the Hg, being 

 on a line with Charleston, S. C, Southern Tennessee and Northern Texas, 

 but extending several degrees further north along the Atlantic and Pacific 

 coasts. Georgia, Florida, the gulf states and California seem well adapted 

 to its culture, and by experienced travelers in Japan it is said to do better 

 here than there, the fruit being larger, fairer-looking and of better quality. 

 The tree is a more luxuriant grower than our native .species, 7). Virc/inianUf 

 and makes a handsome tree, with large, glossy leaves 



The llowers are sometimes perfect and sometimes imperfect, because 

 the stamens are abortive. The perfect flowers are alw.iys found in the axils 

 of the leaves and always solitary. The imperiecl llowers are sometimes 

 found in clusters. The species may be .said to be dioeciously polygamous. 



The fruit is, in size, from one and a half to three and a half inches in 

 diameter, and an occasional specimen has been known to weigh twenty 

 ounces. In shape it varies from flat to rouml and oblong conic. In color it 

 is from chrome yellow to bright red orange, the latter being the most com- 

 mon. In llavor it is very sweet, and the pulp is very soft. There is, how- 

 ever, considerable variittion in both these respects. Some of the varieties 

 require frost to make them at all palatable, or be''oro their natural acridity 

 will leave them. Others are never acrid or astringent in any.st^ige of their 

 growth. Many kinds are seedless, and none have more than a few seeds. 



As a fruit it is steadily winnijig its way into the markets of our larger 

 cities and may be occasionally found on the fruit-.-*tandsof the eastern cities. 

 Up to this date there has been but little of the fruit to s-cll. The largest 

 amount grown by any one person or firm, of which I have heard, was by 

 Mr. J. Crawshaw ct Son, of Lawtey, Fla. I have been informed that the past 



