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inferior variety of the same general type of fruit. Some of those 

 defective trees, of course, reached the Jiands of other nurserymen, who, 

 in turn, propagated from them under the name Fuyu. Satisfactory 

 results can only be accomplished by a specialist who can go through 



Fig. 127. — The Fuji persimmon. (Original.) 



the local nurseries in persimmon districts and examine the trees from 

 which the scions have been taken and thus select only right trees. 

 This would be an exceedingly laborious task, yet it should be insisted 

 upon by intelligent growers for the sake of the future prosperity of 

 the persimmon industry. 



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