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Johnson. — ^'cry large, oblong, nearly black in color. Flesh sub- 

 acid, and excellent in ciuality. The leaves of this variety are very 

 large, and it is a popular shade-tree in southern cities as far south as 

 San Antonio, Texas. Ohio. 



Munson. — Large, oblong, black; quality very good, with some 

 acid. A variety of tire Russian mulberry, originated 1 ly T. ^'. Munson, 

 of Texas, As Mr. Munson says: "The branches in fruit look like ropes 

 of big Ijerries," as grown in the South. This is hardy fartlier north 

 than Downing. 



New American. — Large, oblong; color black; Cjuality very good. 

 Hardier in Ohio and in the Southeast and South; Ijut tender at the 

 West. It is said that this is often sold under the name of Downing. 



Stubbs. — Very large, often two inches long and three-cjuarters of 

 an inch in diameter; valuable in the South, anci it does well under 

 irrigation in southwest Texas. This belongs to the native species of 

 the South (Muriis ridra). 



PERSIMMON (DATE PLUM, KAKI). 



Sections 217, 218, and 210, give an outline of the advance ^vithin 

 recent years in growing the native and foreign persimmons in this 

 country, and their propagation. In West Europe the climate does 

 not favor the introduction of fruits that need a high summer tem- 

 perature exce[)t under glass. Hogg does not mention it in his " Fruit 

 Manual," and DeC'anJoUe does not include it in his origin of cultivated 

 ])lan(s, yet for many years the .Japan varieties have been cultivated 

 in We t Europe imder glass, especially the variety Costata, which bears 

 a handsome orange yellow fruit the size of large apricots. Biu'- 

 bidge said of its fruits in 1S7S: "The fruit is delicious, with a flavor 

 like apricots." In tlie south of France too, in 1,SS2, the writer saw 

 plantations of a Japan species or variety vmder the name of Dicxpi/ms 

 Mdzrli loaded with medium-sized orange red fruit, which I think is 

 identical with the Mazelli grown in Georgia. The fruits from this 

 source are seen in tlie n^arket in Paris and Berlin wrapped in tissue- 

 ])a|ier like oranges, and meeting with ready sale. In this eountr^•. 

 prior to the introduction of the Japan varieties select nati-\-e ones of 

 our f^\■o American species, Dids/iyrox Yirginiiiiia unil D. Tcxuiin, were 

 proiiagated and planted from the Gulf north to (;)hio and New Jersey 

 and some of these are yet grown on account of their superior quality. 



