16921. DIOSPYROS KAKI. 



Tamopan Persimmon. From F. N. 

 Meyer, Ming Tombs Vallej^ near 

 Pekin, China. Fruit thick-skinned, 

 seedless as grown in China, sometimes 

 ^ inches in diameter with charac- 

 teristic furrow around it. In China 

 uniformly nonastringent as soon as 

 mellow but while still firm. In Amer- 

 ica 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 diam- 

 eter; color, orange-red; skin, thin; 

 quality, good; a good keeper, but not 

 a good shipper. 



22368. DIOSPYROS KAKI. 



Persimmon. From F. N. Meyer, Tai- 

 djatsoa, west of Pautingfu, Chili, 

 China. A rare small-fruited yellow 

 persimmon of slow growth. The trunk 

 has a whitish bark. 



