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THE JAPANESE PERSIMMONS 
duce fruits as large as the medium-sized plum, the same being oblong in 
shape, bright yellow color, sub-acid, with an agreeable flavor. They are prized 
for making jellies. The following are the best of the budded varieties: 
Price of Loquat Trees—(New) Budded 
Each 
Balled 4 to 6 ft...$2.00 
Balled 3 to 4 ft. 1.50 
Advance Advance is one of the best loquats. The fruit is of a yellow color, 
shaped a good deal like that of a pear, grows from two to three 
inches in length often having from ten to twelve loquats in a cluster. 
The fruit is very sweet when fully ripe and has a delicious sub-acid flavor. 
Highly recommended for the family orchard and for commercial purposes. 
Ripens during April and May. 
Champaign The °f the Champaign is somewhat larger than that of 
6 the Advance, however, the clusters are not so large. It is of 
an orange color and has a very fine flavor. Ripens in April and May. 
Premier valuable for market purposes on account of its early ripening. 
The fruit is very large, of a salmon color and somewhat oval in 
shape, possessing a very fine flavor. 
This is one of the earliest fruits on the market, consequently bids fair to 
becomes one of the most popular in sections where it can be grown. Ripens 
in March and April. 
Price of Loquat Seedling Trees 
Each 10 \ 
Balled . 6 to 8 ft. $2.00 $15.00 
Balled . 4 to 6 ft. 1.50 12.50 
Balled . 3 to 4 ft. 1.00 7.50 
Pot-grown . 2 to 3 ft. .75 6.00 
Seedling The tree °J the seedling loquat is very ornamental and also produc¬ 
tive. While not as large as the budded varieties is very palatable. 
We recommend the planting of seedling loquats for ornamental as well as 
for dessert purposes. 
PERSIMMONS 
The Japanese types of persimmons furnish us the commercial varieties for 
planting in California. Planters are becoming interested in planting orchards 
of these fruits, finding a ready market in the East. The persimmon, being an 
ornamental, deciduous tree, is highly suited for specimen planting, for aligning 
avenues and borders as well as being planted in orchard form. 
There is considerable variation in the shape and character of the fruits. 
Some of them resemble tomatoes in form while others are globe-shaped, also 
elongated globes. The dark-meated varieties can be eaten while still hard, 
while the yellow-fleshed sorts cannot be eaten until quite soft or astringency 
removed by the process of inoculation with alcohol, or by being placed in a 
Japanese saki (rice beer) tub from which the saki has been recently removed. 
The persimmon prefers a light, loose, loam soil, that is well drained yet 
retentive of moisture. The trees should be set 25 feet apart in orchard form. 
When the tree is planted cut it back to 18 inches from the top of the ground 
and protect the body from sunburn by using at least a 14-inch protector. The 
first winter pruning should consist of forming the head of the tree. Select 
three to four branches for the framework, having them distributed around the 
body, and cut back one-half. The second season leave one upright limb on 
each of the framework branches and cut it back one-half. The future pruning 
should merely consist of keeping the shape of the tree, removing any over¬ 
lapping branches, and if necessary, to shorten in any leaders in the top which 
make an excessive growth and have a tendency to shoot up too far. 
The fruits suitable for shipment are picked when quite hard and are wrapped 
individually and packed in crates or boxes. By the time they reach the 
Eastern market they are softening and are usually ready to place in the con¬ 
sumers’ hands. 
The American types of fruits are small and of very little commercial value 
and are sold principally for ornamental planting. 
