PERSIMMON AND KAKI 



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ripe; these are the last to ii j ■«-n . Borne are dry ami sugary 

 when ripe, and many are always puckery. Saplings three feet 

 high are loaded with fruit, and the largest trees reach thirty feet. 

 The natives seem to care little for them; even the n< 



Pig. 119. SliiiiM.Shir.ul/.u, n k:iki. Natal 



v eal them, but do make them into "'simmon beer." I 

 ome in contact with natives in the mountains who «li<l noi 

 know they wen tit to <:it. I believe thai a plantation of can 

 selected trees, properly cared for and marketed in 1 1 4 . - i ■< ~t 

 season, would be d paying investment. 



The Japanese persimmon, or kaki, has been broughl 



