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The tree is vigorous, prolific, and self-fertile, but it has shown a 

 tendency in California to bear in alternate years. Extensively used 

 in Japan for drying and considered a valuable market variety in the 

 United States. Perhaps the most highly esteemed of the light-fleshed 

 kinds. 



Triumph. Form oblate ; size medium ; surface yellowish to 

 deep orange-red; skin thick; flesh yellowish red, translucent, soft 

 and juicy ; flavor astringent until the fruit is fully ripe, when it be- 

 comes sweet and pleasant ; seedless or with as many as 5 to 8 seeds . 

 Ripens in Florida from September to December. 



The tree does not produce staminate flowers in Florida. A fruit 

 of good quality, recommended for home use and for market. 



Tsuru. Form slender, pointed; size large, length 3| inches, 

 thickness 2| inches; surface bright orange-red; flesh orange-yellow; 

 flavor astringent until the fruit is fully ripe, when it becomes sweet 

 and pleasant. Ripens very late. 



Tree vigorous and productive, but does not produce staminate 

 flowers in Florida. 



Group of pollination variants 



Gailey. Form oblong-conical, sharp at the apex ; size small ; sur- 

 face dull red, pebbled ; flesh meaty, firm, and juicy ; flavor pleasant. 



This variety regularly .produces staminate flowers every year, and 

 is recommended for planting as a pollin zer n conjunction with the 

 larger- and better-fruited sorts. One tree of Gailey should be planted 

 to seven or eight of other varieties except Tane-nashi. 



Hyakume. Form roundish oblong to roundish oblate, always 

 somewhat flattened at both ends ; size large to very large, length 

 2 f inches, thickness 3| inches; surface light buff -yellow, marked with 

 rings and veins near the apex; flesh dark brown, crisp and meaty; 

 flavor sweet, not astringent even while the fruit is still hard. Ripens 

 midseason. 



The tree is vigorous and productive, but never produces staminate 

 flowers in Florida. One of the standard commercial varieties in 

 California. 



Okame. Form roundish oblate, with well-defined quarter-marks, 

 and the apex not depressed; size large, length 2f inches, thickness 

 3 1 inches; surface orange-yellow, changing to brilliant carmine, with 

 a thin bloom which gives it a waxy translucent appearance; flesh 

 light colored, brownish around the seeds, of which there are several ; 

 flavor astringent until the fruit begins to ripen, when it becomes 

 sweet and pleasant. Ripens rather early. 



The tree is vigorous in growth and a good bearer. It bears stami- 

 nate flowers sporadically in Florida. The fruit is excellent in quality. 



Yeddo-ichi. Form oblate; size large, length 2\ inches, thickness 



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