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College) figures and describes imperfect staminate flowers ;is borne on 

 separate trees from those bearing perfect flowers. Ajnong the perfect 

 flowers on the same tree are sometimes borne imperfect pistillate flowers. 

 From the perfect flowers and the imperfect pistillate flowers similar fruits 

 ripened, but no occurrence of seedless fruits was noted. Purdue University 

 Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin No. 60 reports two or three 

 varieties of seedless persimmons which had been sent into the station. 



A second tree already referred to bore mainly seedlss fruits. In the 

 upper part of tbe tree about 75% of the persimmons and in the lower part 

 probably about 80% were seedless. Sometimes an entire picking (the 

 fruits do not all ripen at tbe same time) would be seedless. These persim- 

 mons were excellently flavored, of a good size, and usually ripened earlier 

 than those with seeds. The seedless, however, do not always ripen earlier, 

 for some of the greenest on the tree, after ripening had begun, were found 

 to be seedless. On the other hand, the earliest ripe were always seedless, 

 one having been found on August 20th ripe and well flavored but rather 

 small. 



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