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—one of the best, and in many places 
fruits abundantly. It is a very large fruit, 
conical in shape, skin reddish-yellow, with 
few seeds—many fruit none at all—and 
a good shipper when not allowed to get 
too ripe before shipping. This variety is 
very attractive to the eye and as good as 
it is attractive; but for some reason I 
could never get it to fruit to amount to 
anything, though the wild persimmon 
fruited in abundance all around me; but 
l^ecause the Tannenashi would not fruit 
for me, I did not give it up, for some had 
trees in bearing of other varieties, but all 
had a good many seeds and all were of 
medium size—good to be sure^—but not 
extra. But, at last in an obscure corner, 
I noticed a tree that bore full crops every 
year. The fruit was large, tomato-shaped 
and of the deepest red in color, covered 
with a rich bloom like a plum, seedless 
and less astringent than most varieties, 
and was of a finer, richer flavor than any 
fruit of the kind I had ever eaten, and" I 
think that I have sampled all of the choice 
varieties around St. Augustine, the home 
of this fruit; for at this place they all seem 
to fruit without an}^ trouble. I further 
noticed when a bud was taken from this 
particular tree, which for want of a better 
name, I shall call “Hampton’s Choice,” 
simply to designate it from others (I have 
^*ied in most of the catalogues to locate 
this variety, but so far have failed,) and 
budded on a Tannenashi that refused to 
hold its fruit, that branch would be full of 
fruit while the rest of the tree would have 
but few or none. It will thus appear that 
the “Hampton’s Choice” was immune to 
that which caused the Tannenashi to drop 
its fruit. 
'Oh the high, sandy land at Lakemont. 
as yet I have but two or three trees ii\ 
bearing. They were grafted on the wild, 
small stock three years ago the past season 
and bore full crops of fruit last season 
and this; however, the trees are but from 
four to six feet high and had but little 
care. I have been away from my grove 
most of the time for the past two years 
I have gathered this fruit when fully 
colored and kept it in the house for even 
four weeks, and at the end of that time it 
was sound and as fine in quality as a per¬ 
simmon ever gets. The past fall of 1905 
I gathered among others, one fruit that 
was quite hard and only partly colored. 
This was early in November, and this 
fruit was kept until Christmas without 
showing any signs of decay. Then it was 
in good condition to eat and was good as 
one could ask it to be, thus proving its 
keeping and shipping qualities. The 
fruit is large, from two to three inches in 
diameter and of the deepest red and en¬ 
tirely seedless, never having found a sin¬ 
gle seed in a fruit. Yet I do not know of 
any persimmon so highly colored that can 
be eaten when as solid as a good, ripe ap¬ 
ple, and then lacking in the astringent 
qualities that other persimmons would 
have at that stage of ripeness. 
While this persimmon may have been 
grown by some for years, certainly I 
have never been able to locate it among 
others on the fruit stands in Florida. I 
sometimes think, however, it is simply 
the section it is grown in that makes it 
appear different from some of the listed 
varieties. But one thing is sure, it is the 
persimmon par excellence for the high, 
pine land, and the one of all others I 
could plant on such land for profit or 
home use. 
DISCUSSION. 
Mr. Griffing.—I would like to hear 
from Mr. Macklin who has had some ex¬ 
perience in growing persimmons. 
Mr. Macklin.—As I read a paper before 
