286 FLORIDA FRUITS JAPANESE PERSIMMON. 



fruit hanging to the branches after the leaves have fallen, 

 forms a beautiful and striking picture in a landscape. As 

 to the fruit itself, it is nutritious, palatable, and to a high 

 degree charged with those chemical ingredients which give 

 most fruits their value in preserving the health and puri- 

 fying the blood. This fact is insisted on by the Japanese 

 doctors, some of whom I have known to cure their patients 

 by a -' persimmon cure,' like that of the 'grape cure' of 

 Southern Europe." 



The following are the best varieties so far introduced 

 into the United States, and for sale by our principal Flor- 

 ida nurserymen : 



TANEASHI, OR SEEDLESS. 



Very fine, large, oblong ; flesh soft ; color dark red, with 

 black spots. 



IMPERIAL. 



Shaped like an acorn or "Minie ball;" very large, with 

 dark stripes on the surface; flesh soft when ripe, sweet 

 and fine. 



ROYAL. 



Nearly round ; pale yellow ; large size ; early. Ripens on 

 tree ; good for drying. 



AMONG. 



Large, round, a little flattened ; orange color. 



MINOKAKI. 



Very large, oblong, pointed ; highly colored ; often with- 

 out seeds. 



HYAKAME. 



Largest known, and of the very best quality. 



MIKADO. 



Flat like a tomato ; medium sized ; bright yellow ; flesh 

 solid. 



