PERSIMMONS : ETC. 
Glen Saint Mary Nurseries 
nally and 3 % inches transversely; skin light yel¬ 
low, changing to dull red, mottled with orange- 
yellow; distinct in color; flesh deep, dull red, 
brown around the seeds, of which there are usually 
a few ; some specimens are entirely light-fleshed 
and seedless; there is no astringency after the fruit 
begins to soften ; quality fine ; one of the best. In 
form some of the fruits have the corrugations con¬ 
verging to the depressed apex, as is usually fig¬ 
ured, but most do not. Tree vigorous and prolific. 
ZENGI. The smallest of all ; round or roundish 
oblate ; diameter 1% inches longitudinally and z% 
inches transversely ; skin yellowish red ; flesh very 
dark, quality good ; seedy ; edible when still hard; 
one of the earliest to ripen. Vigorous and ex¬ 
ceedingly prolific. 
FIGS 
The Fig is one of our most delicious fruits and should be more generally planted. When 
served raw with sugar and cream, when preserved, when pickled, or when used in any one of 
several other different ways, it is extremely pleasing to most palates ; and there is always a 
good demand for the canned fruit. The trees do well almost everywhere in Florida and 
many other southern states. They require but little cultivation, and this should always be 
shallow, as the roots run very near the surface. The varieties we offer are amongst the most 
valuable for southern planting. 
BLACK ISCHIA. Size medium ; color bluish 
black ; quality good. 
BLUE GENOA. Medium; bluish black; good. 
BRUNSWICK. Ve*y large ; color violet; qual¬ 
ity excellent; very reliable. 
CELESTIAL. Medium to small, very sweet, 
pale violet; vigorous and productive ; one of the 
hardiest and reliable further north than the others. 
GREEN ISCHIA. Green, with crimson pulp ; 
very good and prolific. 
LEMON. Light greenish yellow skin ; pulp 
sweet and of excellent quality. An early and 
heavy bearer. Fruit medium to large size. 
WHITE ADRIATIC. Large-sized; skin thin, 
greenish white ; pulp crimson. Very sweet. One 
of our favorites. 
MULBERRIES 
While Mulberries are of little value for commercial purposes or table use, there are never¬ 
theless several purposes for which they are admirably suited and of decided value. They form 
an economic food for poultry and swine, and for tolling birds away from other fruits there is 
nothing else so effective. This season we have added a new variety, Townsend, to our collec¬ 
tion and call particular attention to its extreme earliness, which makes it especially desirable 
where birds are apt to trouble other early fr 
DOWNING. A subacid berry of good quality; 
strong, upright grower, with beautiful foliage ; 
valuable as a shade tree, as well as for its fruit. 
HICKS. Fruit sweet; tree grows rapidly and 
bears young; very productive; should be grown 
by every farmer who keeps swine or poultry, this 
variety being of special value for this purpose; 
continues in bearing four months of the year. 
STUBBS. A form of the native red Mulberry, 
discovered in Laurens county, Georgia, some years 
ago. Large, black, vinous; excellent; very pro¬ 
lific. The fruit, which is from to 2 inches 
long, is greatly superior to that produced by any 
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of the cultivated varieties. Tree vigorous and 
handsome, with broad, healthy-looking foliage. 
TOWNSEND. A new variety, which on account 
of its extreme earliness we have deemed worthy of 
propagation. Berries of medium size and fair 
quality. Brought to our attention by one of our 
employees of that name, on whose place it has been 
growing for years. Should be planted where birds 
are apt to ruin other early fruits. April. 
MULTICAULIS (Moms multicaulis ). The 
Silkworm Tree. A very vigorous tree, exten¬ 
sively used for purposes of propagation, for shade 
and for feeding silkworms. 
