Persimmons. 



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soil is, for every boy will tell you there are per- 

 simmons and persimmons : fruit that is never good, 

 and other, when frost-nipped, that is really ex- 

 cellent. 



What of the tree itself as it stands in the wood- 

 lands of to-day ? 



Turning to Kalm, the level-headed Swede, who 

 saw more in Jersey than most naturalists have 



