GLEN ST. VARY NURSERIES. 
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transversely ; color of skin reddish yellow; flesh very dark, show's black dots and 
white fibers when cut transversely; very seedy ; quality very good, it being edible 
while still hard, and one of the earliest varieties to ripen; tree vigorous and good 
jbearer. 
Okame.—Large, roundish oblate, always showing peculiar corrugated appear¬ 
ance at the stem end; somewhat four-sided, with well-defined quarter marks at 
apex ; diameter two and three-eighth inches longitudinally and three inches trans¬ 
versely; color of skin dark red, handsome and showy; flesh yellow, with but few 
seeds, rich, meaty, free from astringency ; quality fine : tree a good bearer. 
.1APAN PERSIMMON--H VAKTJME. 
Costata.—Medium oblong, conical, pointed, somewhat four-sided; diameter 
two and one-quarter inches longitudinally and two and three-eighth inches trans¬ 
versely ; color of skin salmon yellow ; flesh yellow, nearly seedless, astringent until 
ripe and then very fine ; one of the latest to ripen and a good keeper; tree the most 
ornamental of all, it being a very upright rapid grower, with large, luxuriant foliage. 
We have also the following excellent varieties, which we offer at present, un¬ 
der numbers, until their names can be fully determined: 
Taber’s No. 23. —Medium to large, oblate ; diameter, one and three-quarter 
inches longitudinally and two and one-half inches transversely ; color of skin rather 
a dark red with peculiar stipple marks; flesh dark colored, sweet and free from 
astringency, seedy; quality excellent. 
Taber’s No. 72. — Very large, roundish oblate, smooth and handsome; di¬ 
ameter, two and one-half inches longitudinally and three and* one-eighth inches 
transversely; color of skin light red with occasional rings or marks of darker 
color; flesh yellow, with but little astringency and few seed ; early to ripen and of 
the best quality. 
