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A^. B. Hood 6 Co.’s Descriptive Cat&logue 
MULBERRIES 
1 Ins fruit IS getting very popular, especially South, where it is tine food for hogs 
and poultry. The trees are also fine for shade, as it grows rapidly and is very hardy. 
Russian. Brought from Russia by the 
Mennonites. Tree a very hardy and rapid 
grower ; fine as a shade tree ; bears very 
young and very heavily, but the fruit is of 
very little value. 
Teas’ Weeping. Forms a perfect um- 
brella-sha]>ed head, with long, slender 
branches drooping to the groniKl, parallel 
to the stem ; very hardy. One of the 
prettiest small weeping trees. Admirablv 
adapted to lawn planting. 
White English. Fruit very small and 
sweet, but not as good as I licks’. 
Downing’s Black. Fruit very large, 
black and subacid ; mostly planted North. 
Fruit about June i to middle of July. 
Hicks', or Everbearing Black. This va- 
riety is very popular South, as the tree is 
a very rapid grower, bears verj^ young 
and has a long season, very often' from 
June I until the middle of August. \'ery 
sweet. 
New American. This we consider etiual 
to Downing's in all respects, continuing 
in bearing fully as long and a hardier 
tree. 1-riiit jet-black. 
JAPANESE PERSIMMON 
In our last edition we did not recommend this fruit. At that time they were 
and unsatisfactory to- 
ve-irfurfj f c ' *^7 then we have been buying strong one- 
year-olds from the South and transplanting in our nurseries, and where sold ha\e 
i '*^7 satisfactory. We do not atlvise planting for our latitude, e.xcept in pro- 
tected places and the ground should be well manured in the fall several feet around 
wMI ^ ‘ and they should be killed back, they 
will sprout up from the ground and with care will make satisfactory trees, although, 
there vvill be no trouble where the thermometer does not fall below zero. There is a 
V ’’as been planted from ten to twelve years, and is over 12 
TuI ’f r Vr crops ever since the second year of planting, 
rinstir n ^'1 have ever seen an apple tree with apples. One 
cluster, not over twelve inches in length, had twelve as large as hen eggs. 
Among, or Yemon ( Name of a Japanese 
ornament.) Round, flattened, deeply 
ribbed ; dark orange-red and sometimes 
yellowish red ; 2}4 to 3 inches in diam- 
eter ; avera.ge weight 6 ounces, and occa- 
sionally a specimen weighing 16 ounces 
IS produced ; very sweet ; flesh red, and 
is edible tyhile still solid, but quality im- 
proves as it becomes soft. Maturity Sep- 
tember to end of No\ember. Tree of 
moderate height. 
Hiyakume. (Weighs 100 “me.," a unit 
of Japanese weight. ) This is perhaps the 
most desirable of all the round, red-fleshed 
varieties, and as the fruit affects various 
shapes, it is known under many names, 
such as I’oiiiKl, Tane-nashi, or Seedless, 
etc. 
Yedo-lchi. (No. i, or best in Yedo, lat- 
ter being the old name of Tokio. ) Syn., 
.Maru-Gata (round shape). Medium, 
round, some specimens slightly oblong, 
flattened at base and narrowing at ape.x ; 
skin dark red. often with black mottlings- 
near ape.x ; flesh mahogany brown, with 
darker spots, brittle and is edible while 
solid as early as October 1 ; very prolific 
and bears fruit in large clusters. Tree an 
upright grower. 
Zenji, or Zinji. (Name of Jai>anese vil- 
lages. ) Small, 134 X 2 inches ; weighs 3 
to 4 ounces ; flesh dark brown, with darker 
spots ; very sweet ; edible as early as 
middle of September, while still solid, and 
lasts throughout October. One of the 
most desirable. 
’ •i®' ® had seveiueen years' e.x|>ericiice in trying your nursery stock. It has been fully tried and I 
I'l- to ®>l«al It. 1 00 much cannot be said in favor of the stock sent out bv you. J. M Roiiinson 
Woodlorcl. S. ‘ * 
Having? handled your stock for six years and being thrown in contact with agents and nursery 
stock trom other concerns. I can conscientiously say that none can compare with your trees, either in 
grade or pnce^ Trees sent out by you are now iii bearing in Princess .\nne and Norfolk counties 
Virginia, and Currituck county. North Carolina, and purchasers are satisfied in every particular 
khv. W . S. Mercer, Norfolk, \’a.,yw/r /p, igo^. 
tu^ ^ ^ purchased through your agent. Mr. T. W. S. p-oley, two lots of stock, and I want to say that 
me same has been satisfactory in every respect. I used to think, and have often heard the remark made 
that stock brought from the South to this climate would not thrive. I have found that this is all a mis- 
take, and I would not purchase stock from anv one else.‘’—T. E. Shii-Ungbcrg. ('.ormania W Va 
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