PERSIMMON 



This is frequently the case when several 

 grown near each other, possibly showing the effect of 

 cross-pollination. This variation in the color of the 

 flesh has caused some confusion in reaching a correct 

 nomenclature. The earlier shipments of trees from 

 Japan usually consisted of about 12 names, but no reli- 

 ance could be placed upon these names. The same 

 name was often found to apply to several distinct 

 varieties, or one variety had several synonyms. After 

 years of fruiting the so-called 40 varieties originally 



PERSIMMON 



1725. The 



introduced, a more oi 

 been attempted; but fi 

 in various localities th 

 In the annexed list 

 such synonyms are :ul 

 tained after several yi- 

 Japanese localities, tit 

 etc.; their significance 

 ble been translated in 

 educated Japanese art 

 indebted for valuable 



less correct nomenclature has 

 om the many local names found 



s has betn ii difficult task. 



fruil 



1 English by Jlr. Irata, a highly 

 tist, to whom the writer is also 

 information as to the use of this 



' I -T:ipanese ornament).— Round, 



I. tM'rage weight 6 ounces, and 



\\ri^'l,]iii,' Iti ounces is produced. Vei-y 



.li. ivliilo still solid; quality improves 

 turity Sept. to end of Nov. Tree of 



I ■- ' rv t^ood when soft. 



i I until March. Tree 

 .is usually dried in 

 : lit quality; is often 



' M,";iunit of Japanese 



: the most desirable 

 tlif fruit afiEects va- 

 in II lines, such as Pound, 

 \hii. ultural Bureau of To- 

 ly with bliick mottled apex, 

 :ited forms upon the s.ame 

 nraiige-yellow colored speci- 



luyaiiia 



dark or I 



Eurokn 



times seedless, but 



;e. Flesh red. Tree 

 of:ilo,-;,lity).-Syiio- 



by otlic 

 ingly pi 



Zentii. ■ I .iii in. -!■ village).— PlateXXVITI. 



Small. 1' I - 111 >M i^iii .; i" l i-s: Hesh dark brown, with 



darker siini... \ci,\ ;,.vvlui. uliljk' ;ls Lurly as middle of Septem- 

 ber while still solid, and lusts throughout October. 



P. J. Bekckmans. 



Another Estimate of the Japanese Persimmons.— 

 Grafted on our native Persimmon, Diospyros Vir- 

 giniana, the Japanese varieties seem perfectly at 

 home and make much longer-lived trees than those 

 imported from Japan. All varieties come into early 

 lietiriiig and many of them are too prolific for the best 

 \si ll'iiif of the trees. This tendency to overbear should 

 111' I irn-cted by thinning the fruit. Several of the 

 \iirhiiis produce very large fruit, single specimens 

 (.111 II weighing over a pound. 



boiuo of the varieties riprn in .\u=rust. some in 



just 



Tree of moderate 



November, and others iniiviiH.lint 

 dates. It requires some (\|i. in ini 

 when the fruit has rein-ln .1 tlm pi 

 marketed, and this varit-s with tin- < 

 Some of the varieties have dark ( 

 flesh, still others a mixture of the tv 

 dark flesh difl:er radically in texture a 

 well as appearance, and when fniiiid 

 are never blended, but alwnv- ,11-niM 

 is never astringent; thn li i ' V I. 

 it softens. The dark-H.-li- l ' n 

 like an apple, and is r-dil.li .. in. 



TheliL'll. ■'. I ,.i I ^.. I . II, nl ,ln 



dark lli-- 1 .i . .'. In'i.nr- 



astringnliij ill .ii.i...ni, as the fruit bn;,'iut 

 in others it persists until the fruit is fully t 

 accompany the dark flesh. The light-fleshed kinds are 

 seedless. The kinds with mixed flesh have seeds in 

 proportion to the quantity of dark flesh. 



The market v;ilin. "f tin- linit is at present more or 

 less erratic. .\ Im- |. ,..].. n i imi of the fruit-eating 

 people of the XmHi .h. im.i \.i know what a fine fruit 

 the Japanese Pirsminn.n i-. The fruits have to be 

 shipped while hard and allowed to ripen after reaching 

 destination. Commission men are likely to sell them 

 and the public to eat them— or attempt to do so — a week 

 or two ahead of the proper stage of ripeness 





hence the 



