
          16921. DIOSPYROS KAKI.
Tamopan Persimmon. From F. N.
Meyer, Ming Tombs Valley near
Pekin, China. Fruit thick-skinned,
seedless as grown in China, sometimes
4 inches in diameter with characteristic 
furrow around it. In China
uniformly nonastringent as soon as
mellow but while still firm. In America 
often astringent for reasons not
yet understood. May prove hardy as
for north as Washington, D. C.

21910. DIOSPYROS KAKI.
From F. N. Meyer, Pangshan, Chili,
China. Reported to be rare; fruit flat,
of medium size, 2 to 3 inches in 
diameter; color, orange-red; skin, thin;
quality, good; a good keeper, but not
a good shipper.

22368. DIOSPYROS KAKI.
Persimmon. From F. N. Meyer, Taidjatsoa, 
west of Pautingfu, Chili,
China. A rare small-fruited yellow
persimmon of slow growth. The trunk
has a whitish bark.
        