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like figs, to which it is said they are superior. Some varieties carry 
their fruit even after the leaves have dropped in the early winter. 
-\fter a touch of frost the late fruit improves in flavour. The fol- 
lowing varieties are described by Professor H. E. Van Deman, 
Pomologist to the U.S. Department of Agriculture :— 
TaNne-Nasu!.—Zoene meaning seeds, and Vashi without; the 
fruit being almost or entirely seedless. Excellent fruit either for 
eating when ripe, for drying, or for making into preserves. Size 
medium to large, about'3 inches in both diameters; conical, sym- 
metrical in outline, not furrowed or ribbed; stem cavity deep; 
skin smooth, reddish orange, with bloom; flesh jelly-like, clear orange 
yellow, not stringy or streaked. 
Hacuty:—Named after a county in the province of Mino. 
Fruit very large, often three or four inches in diameter, oblong- 
conic, but tapers rather abruptly at the apex; often quadrangular; 
dull orange in colour, with dark specks and faint reddish streaks 
towards the apex. Flesh firm and solid, of a brownish yellow colour, 
flecked with dull red. Seeds long and slender. Ripens late. Used 
for drying in Japan. 
YeuMmon.—This word is the name of a badge that is worn on the 
outside of clothing. One of the best; of excellent flaveur, and great 
productiveness. Fruit large, rather flattened, with distinct and deep 
furrows running into the deep cavity at the stem, and shallow ones 
meeting at the opposite end, where a slight depression usually 
occurs; generally quadrangular. Bright orange red colour. Flesh 
unmixed orange red, very soft; can be eaten off the tree. Often 
seedless. Flavour sweet when soft, but astringent when hard. Sea- 
son early, and does not require frost to ripen it. 
Dar-par Maru (Fig. 1)—Fruit medium to large, about three 
inches in diameter, round shape, with a little depression at the base, 
and slight cavity at the apex; surface smooth, free from dark specks 
and cracks. Colour, pale orange; flesh, orange red; soft when fully 
ripe; seeds plump; rich. sweet flavour. 
Hyaxunr (Fig. 5).—hiterally translated “one hundred mé,” 
the word mé a unit of weight in Japan, and a hundred mé being 
about equal to one pound of our weight. Similar in shape to the 
Tane-Nashi, but is not seedless. Slightly conical’in shape, but de- 
rressed and somewhat furrowed at the point; light orange in colour, 
and not so dark as the other varieties; near the apex a number of 
marks like pin seratches; flavour excellent; tree a good grower and 
an abundant bearer; seeds, when present, about twice as long as 
they are broad. 
