101 
College) figures and describes imperfect staminate flowers as borne on 
separate trees from those bearing perfect flowers. Among the perfect 
flowers on the same tree are sometimes borne imperfect pistillate flowers 
From the perfect flowers and the imperfect pistillate flowers similar fruits 
ripened, but no occurrence of seedless fruits was noted. Purdue University 
Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin No. 60 reports two or three 
varieties of seedless persimmons which had been sent into the station. 
A second tree already referred to bore mainly seedlss fruits. In the 
upper part of the tree about 75% of the persimmons and in the lower part 
probably about 80% were seedless. Sometimes an entire picking (the 
fruits do not all ripen at the same time) would be seedless. These persim- 
mons were excellently flavored, of a good size, and usually ripened earlier 
than those with seeds. The seedless, however, do not always ripen earlier, 
for some of the greenest on the tree, after ripening had begun, were found 
to be seedless. On the other hand, the earliest ripe were always seedless, 
one having been found on August 20th ripe and well flavored but rather 
small. 
[S—21363] 
