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THE PERSIMMON {Diospyros Virginiana) 



This may he a broad tree of wayward habit or a tall one with handsome, round head. The bark is broken by deep fui 

 rows into small thick plates, ^^'inter buds are small and red. The yellow flowers are borne in axils of leaves in June. Th 

 pistillate trees bear orange-coloured berries, i to i^ inches in diameter. They are astringent and inedible until dead ripe; afte; 

 heavy frosts they are sweet and luscious. The Negro and the opossum are devoted to this fruit, and are its most ardent collector 



