A REMARKABLE PUCKERLESS PERSIMMON OF THE GOSHO CLASS 



The greatest drawback to the persimmon has ahvays been its a^tringen^ which jm^^ 

 necessarv to riuen it until too soft to be eaten out of hand. This new variety whK h has nrst 

 Snf^tedoit'nVws country by H. Harold Hume, of Glen St- Mary s F a can be eat^n 

 while still as hard as an apple, and is then as delicious m flavor, and fine m texture as the best 

 of the soft varieties. It has a richer flavor than the Tamopan and appears to be more re la- 

 blv tannin free at least in Florida. S. P. I. 26773. Photographed three-fourths natural 

 size. (Fig.. 12.) 



