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came direct from Japan. The fruit is not as difficult to grow 
as peaches. 
A. G. AyERY —I have eaten as many as six varieties of this 
fruit and they are of different, taste and flavor. The fruit 
wants to be kept from moisture. It should not be exposed to 
dampness, aud if it is placed in a dry place it keeps a long 
while ; it will keep for five weeks. It is not really nice until 
it gets very soft. There is no fruit equal to it, in my estima¬ 
tion. 
II. W. Marsh —I can only raise one crop of persimmons a 
year, but there are three crops of blackbirds, and all want a 
bite of each persimmon. 
W. H. II. Holdridge —I have raised persimmons, and I 
have found them very fine fruit, indeed, and I have had no 
trouble with my trees until the March frost of four years ago. 
Perhaps the fruit-growers remember that year. We did not 
have a show of frost from November to March, but in March 
we had a killing frost Ever since my trees have been be¬ 
having: just like Mr. Godbey’s. I have found them occasion¬ 
ally rotting. I have been watching other things more closely 
than these trees. 
Mr. Godbey— As to the size of persimmons I have had the 
fruit of the Hvakume variety weigh twenty ounces. In this 
respect we could not ask any more. As to the quality of the 
fruit, as a gentleman has said, 4 *it is fit for the gods,” if they 
ever eat anything. The worm getting into the bark is a very 
serious matter, and it might be a good idea to look and go 
slow, and be sure what you are doing. 
0. P. Rooks —It has been suggested that a fruit should not 
be denounced because it proves a failure in one locality. One 
of the speakers seems to think that the trouble Mr. Godbev 
meets is caused by frost, and I think the gentleman himself 
believes so. I have never had my trees injured in that way. 
I have never noticed any worms. We have trees that are 
twelve years old, bearing good and successful crops. I think 
I have ten varieties. I think the fine variety that Mr. Bacon 
referred to as being acorn-shaped is the Tane-Nashi. I sent 
specimens to Washington nine years ago and they were fig¬ 
ured in the bulletins, and I think they called them the Tane- 
Nashi. They are certainly fine fruit, and I have grown them 
weighing a pound. They are among the most profitable 
fruits we have, meaty and good shippers. 
Prof. P. H. Rolfs —In reference to the sawyer: They are 
very thick where there are hickories. They might be pre¬ 
vented from attacking the persimmon trees by protecting 
