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Kurokuma. Round or flattened ; three to three and one-half inches 

 diameter; from three-quarters pound to one pound in weight; 

 flesh yellowish-red. Late keeper and of upright habit. 



Mazelli. (Miyotan.) Spherical or slightly elongated ; diameter two 

 and one-half inches ; skin orange-red ; flesh dark reddish-brown ; 

 edible before softening. Moderate grower and heavy bearer. Ri- 

 pens in October and keeps late. 



Costata, So called from its ribbed exterior; medium; pointed at 

 apex; vertical diameter two and one-quarter inches, transverse two 

 and one-half ; skin buff-yellow ; flesh light, good when soft. Ripens 

 late and keeps well. Strong, upright, and very handsome tree. 



Tsuru. (Minokaki. ) Extremely elongated and pointed ; vertical 

 diameter three and one-half inches, transverse two and one-half; 

 skin deep crimson, sometimes mottled with black at the apex ; con- 

 tains a very few seeds enclosed in a dark pulp ; astringent until 

 soft. Tree very vigorous and productive, with long glossy leaves. 

 The latest of all to ripen its fruit, which clings to the branches 

 long after the fall of the leaves. Fig. 826. 



