
          when seedless. The fruit is spherical and pointed, with an average 
weight of about 6 ounces. This is one of the best of the dark-fleshed 
group of persimmons.

13846. DIOSPYROS KAKI. Kaki. Variety Shakumi. Received from the 
Yokohama Nursery Company. A short, oblong, laterally compressed four-
seeded fruit which is 2 1/2 inches long. The color is dull red with a 
slight orange tint, the skin thin and tender. Whenever seeds occur the 
flesh is yellowish brown and nonastringent, but when seeds are absent 
it remains yellow and astringent until it becomes fully mature and 
soft. The quality is good. This variety may prove satisfactory for 
shipping purposes, and should be tested in those parts of the United 
States where kakis can successfully be grown.

22365. DIOSPYROS KAKI. Kaki. Variety Tamopan. From Chihli, China. 
Collected by Frank N. Meyer, Agricultural Explorer. This variety bears 
large flat fruits which have a characteristic constriction about midway 
between the middle and the stem end. The flesh is yellow and astringent 
until fully mature, when it softens and becomes palatable and of good 
quality. The skin is tough and firm so that the flesh can be eaten 
with a spoon from the half shell, even when the fruit is quite soft.

26491. DIOSPYROS KAKI. Kaki. Variety Fuyu. Secured through the 
Japan Nursery Company, from the region of Kobe, Japan. This is an excellent variety and will probably become one of the most important commercially. 
The flesh is yellow throughout, of good quality and never 
astringent. This is the only persimmon that can he eaten, while hard 
like an apple, at any time from October until after the Christmas season. 
When fully mature its color is red with a slight tinge of orange. 
In shape it is well adapted for shipping; being slightly flattened, it 
can he packed for shipment with little danger of injury and subsequent 
decay. It is believed that this variety will eventually extend the season 
and increase the consumption of persimmons in this country.

56088. DIOSPYROS LOTUS. Persimmon. From Yunnan, China. Collected 
by J. F. Rock, Agricultural Explorer. A spreading tree which grows 
to 50 feet in height, and bears small yellowish green persimmons of 
little value. It has been used extensively as a stock on which to 
graft cultivated varieties of Diospyros kaki, but the strains present 
in California have not proved altogether satisfactory for this purpose. 
In the hope that seed obtained from wild trees in southern China 
might furnish new strains of greater value, Mr. Rock has secured two 
numbers (this and 56089) from the mountains of Yunnan.

56089. DIOSPYROS LOTUS. Persimmon. From Yunnan, China. Collected 
by J. F. Rock, Agricultural Explorer.

56133. DIOSPYROS sp. Persimmon. From Yunnan, China. Collected 
by J. F. Rock, Agricultural Explorer. A wild fruit tree 20 to 25 
feet high, which grows in dense forests between Menglieh and Manchi, 
at altitudes of about 6,000 feet. The numerous, oblong, yellow fruits 
are the size of small apples, and their taste is sweet and pleasant.

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