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of the variety furnished by the nurseryman resulted in great dis- 

 couragement. Before the trees reach the exporter they usually go 

 through the hands of men who have little knowledge of the variety. In 

 many cases these trees are collected from local nurseries, where different 

 names may be given to the same variety as well as different varieties 

 grown under the same name. Thus Hachiya trees collected from three 

 districts may very probably contain Mino, Fuji and Hachiya. 



Fig. 125. — The Yokono persimmon. (Original.) 



Fig. 126. — The Hachiya persimmon. (Original.) 



Serious mistakes are occasionally made by careless nurserymen as 

 in the case of the following example : The Fuyu became known very 

 recently, and when first described as a superb variety the demand for 

 the grafted trees increased so suddenly that the original tree could no 

 longer furnish scions, and some nurserymen used scions from some 



