VARIOUS SPECIES OF FRUITS 171 



The Japanese Persimmon or Kaki may be grown in the same way 

 as the American species, except that being more tender it will not 

 succeed in regions where the Winter temperature is very low. It is 

 grown successfully in eastern Virginia and even as far north as Newark, 

 N. J., but these cases are exceptional. The Kaki is decidedly a 

 Cotton-belt fruit, but bids fair to give rise to hardier seedlings suitable 

 for colder sections. 



Until recently an objection to many of the varieties is the dropping 

 of the fruit. This is now understood to be due to imperfect, or no 

 pollination, and has been effectually remedied by planting other 

 varieties nearby. The Gailey, a variety highly prolific of pollen, is 

 recommended for this purpose at the rate of one tree to each six or 

 eight of other varieties. On the other hand, the Tane-Nashi is a 

 self-fertile kind that may be planted alone. 



Another peculiarity of the Kaki is that fruits of the same variety 

 and sometimes on the same tree, show variations in color, shape and 

 size. Much of this variation is removable by good pollination. So 

 far as studied the seedless varieties have light-colored flesh. Often, 

 however, when part of the fruit is seedless and the other part bearing 

 seeds there will be sections of light and dark-colored flesh which corre- 

 spond with the absence or presence of seeds ! From the home standpoint 

 this is of far less moment than from that of the market. The dark 

 flesh is always pleasantly flavored, whereas the light flesh is usually 

 puckery until it becomes soft. 



Among varieties more or less cultivated in America the following 

 are perhaps best known ; 



COST ATA, medium-sized, salmon-yellow, few seeded, long keeping, 

 fine flavored. FUYAGAKI, medium-sized, orange-red, sweet, fine flavor, 

 excellent. HACHIYA, very large, showy, bright red, spotted, very fine, not 

 very prolific. HYAKUME, large to very large, buff-yellow, sweet, meaty, 

 fine, prolific. TABER No. 23, medium, rather dark red, dotted, sweet, 

 seedy, good. TABER No. 129, medium, dark yellowish-red, crisp, meaty, 

 sweet, excellent, good keeper. TAHOPAN, large, (often weighing a pound,) 

 bright orange-red, seedless, excellent. TANE-NASHI, lar^e to very large, 

 light yellow, changing to bright red when fully mature, high quality. 

 TRIUMPH, medium, yellow, few seeded, highly prolific, excellent quality. 

 TSURA, large, bright red, few seeded, good when fully ripe. YEDDO-!CHI, 

 large, dark red, with heavy bloom, flesh very dark brown or purplish, 

 crisp, sweet, rich, edible while still hard. GEMON (Among), large, light 

 yellow, changing to dull red mottled orange, few seeded or seedless, flesh 

 high quality. ZENGI, small, yellowish-red, seedy, very early, quality good, 

 highly prolific. 



PLUM SPECIES AND VARIETIES 



While more than a score of Plum species are described by botanists, 

 the most important of the several thousand varieties recognized by 



