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ripe. Seeds accompany the dark flesh. Light-fleshed kinds are seedless. Those with mixed 
flesh have seeds in proportion to the quantity of dark flesh. 
We have for several years devoted a great deal of study to this fruit, and have fruited a 
great many different varieties. The descriptions of the following varieties, which include 
the best, were made by ourselves, and mostly from the fruit in hand : 
COSTATA. Medium size, conical, pointed, 
somewhat four-sided ; diameter 2% inches longi¬ 
tudinally and 2^ inches transversely ; skin salmon- 
yellow; flesh light yellow, dark flesh and seeds 
occurring seldom; astringent until ripe, then very 
fine; one of the latest to ripen; a good keeper. 
Tree distinct; a rapid, upright grower; foliage 
luxuriant; the most ornamental of all the varieties 
mentioned. 
HACHIYA. Very large, oblong, conical, with 
short point; very showy; diameter 3^ inches 
longitudinally and 3*^ inches transversely; skin 
dark, bright red, with occasional dark spots or 
blotches and rings at the apex; flesh deep yellow, 
sometimes having occasional dark streaks, with 
seed. Astringent until ripe, th.cn very fine. The 
largest and handsomest of all. Free vigorous and 
shapely. 
HYAKUME. Large to very large, varying from 
roundish oblong to roundish oblate, but always 
somewhat flattened at both ends; generally slightly 
depressed at the point opposite the stem; diameter 
2}4 inches longitudinally and 3^6 inches trans¬ 
versely; skin light huffish yellow, nearly always 
marked with rings and veins at the apex; flesh 
dark brown, sweet, crisp and meaty, not astrin¬ 
gent; good while still hard. Tree of good growth 
and a free bearer. 
OKAME. Large, roundish oblate, with well- 
defined quarter marks, point not depressed ; diam¬ 
eter 2-Vs inches longitudinally and 3^ inches 
transversely; skin orange-yellow, changing to 
brilliant carmine, with delicate bloom and waxy, 
translucent appearance ; the most beautiful of all ; 
light, clear flesh when ripe, with light brown cen¬ 
ter around the seeds, of which it has several; loses 
its astringency as soon as it begins to ripen ; quality 
fine. Tree vigorous and good bearer. 
TABER’S NO. 23 . Medium, oblate, flat or de¬ 
pressed point; diameter i l /i inches longitudinally 
and 2^8 inches transversely; skin rather dark red, 
with peculiar stipple marks; flesh dark brown, 
sweet and free from astringency; seedy; good. 
Prolific. 
TABER’S NO. 129 . Medium, roundish, flat¬ 
tened at base; has a small but well-defined point 
at the apex; diameter about 2% inches both ways; 
skin dark yellow-red, with peculiar roughened 
surface, somewhat resembling alligator leather in 
appearance and markings, except that the marks 
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are usually very small and uniform; flesh light 
brown, crisp, sweet, meaty, free from astringency; 
excellent; a good keeper and shipper. Tree vig¬ 
orous, prolific, and a regular bearer. 
TANE-NASHI Large to very large, roundish 
conical, pointed, very smooth and symmetiical; 
diameter 3 % inches longitudinally and 3inches 
transversely; skin light yellow, changing to bright 
red at full maturity; flesh yellow and seedless; 
quality very fine; perhaps the most highly esteemed 
of the light-fleshed kinds. Tree is vigorous and 
bears well, though not as prolific as some. 
TRIUMPH. Medium; tomato-shaped ; skin 
yellow; flesh yellow; generally has a few seeds ; 
very productive; quality of the best. Ripens from 
September till November. 
T$URU. Large, slender, pointed; longest in 
proportion to its size of all; diameter 3 Y% inches 
longitudinally and 2inches transversely; skin 
bright red; flesh orange-yellow, some dark flesh 
around the very few seeds; astringent until fully 
ripe, then the quality is good. The latest of all to 
ripen. Tree vigorous and a good bearer. 
YEDDO-ICHI. Large, oblate; diameter 2^ 
inches longitudinally and 3 inches transversely; 
very smooth and regular in outline, with dinted 
appearing surface and slight depression at end 
opposite the stem; skin darker red than most 
varieties, with heavy bloom ; flesh very dark brown, 
verging toward purplish; sweet, rich, crisp; in 
quality one of the best. The fruit is good to eat 
when still hard. The tree is a heavy bearer and 
exceedingly thrifty. 
YEMON. Large, flat, tomato-shaped, some- 
dinally and 3 % inches transversely; skin light 
what four-sided; diameter 2 ]/i inches longitu- 
yellow, 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 inches longitudinally and 2% 
inches transversely; skin yellowish red; flesh very 
dark, quality good ; seedy; edible when still hard; 
one of the earliest to ripen. Vigorous, prolific. 
