FRUITS VARIETIES AND CULTURE. 



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Hicks (synonym Superior). — Originated by E. H. True- 

 blood, Indiana. A choice native variety, the trees of 

 which have been propagated and their fruit marketed 

 locally for many years. Size medium; color dull, grayish 

 red; seeds somewhat numerous, of medium size; flavor 

 sweet and rich, free from astringency when fully ripe; 



Fig. 253 — Golden Gem. Reduced. Indiana Agricultural Ex- 

 periment Station Bulletin 60. 



very good. Specimens of the fruit of this varietj", dried 

 in the shade without sugar, were found to be of excellent 

 quality, and almost equal to imported dates. Mr. Hicks 

 reports that the fruit begins ripening early and continues 

 for a period of six weeks, and that the tree is very pro- 

 ductive. The orignal tree has not failed to fruit annually 

 for the past twenty-five years. 



