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THE FRESNO NURSERIES 
PERSIMMONS. 
HYAKUME. Very large, roundish, oblate; skin bright red; flesh rusty 
brown, juicy, very delicious, 
TANANASHI. Medium to large, conical; skin smooth and semi-trans¬ 
parent, reddish orange; flesh tender and melting; almost entirely seed¬ 
less; an excellent variety. 
AMONG. Large; skin orange color; flesh pale yellow and seedless; good 
for storing. 
KUROKUMO. Medium, oblate; skin yellowish red; flesh orange color, 
juicy and sweet. 
ITALIAN. Fruit small but good; tree of medium growth. 
AMERICAN. Fruit good when frosted; grown extensively in the South. 
POMEGRANATES. 
PAPER SHELL. Fruit medium size; skin very thin; tree a good bearer; 
somewhat dwarf of habit. 
SPANISH RUBY. Fruit very large; skin thick; pale yellow with 
crimson cheek; meat a beautiful crimson color, very sweet and aro¬ 
matic; tree a vigorous grower and good bearer. 
CITRUS FRUITS. 
ORANGES. 
WASHINGTON NAVEL. This variety was imported from Bahia, 
Brazil, by Mr. W. Sanders in 1870. It is the most popular of any of 
the foreign varieties grown in California. Fruit large, solid and heavy; 
skin smooth and of very fine texture; very juicy; highly flavored, with 
melting pulp; almost seedless; tree hardy, a good and prolific bearer, 
medium thorny, a rapid grower and bears when very young. 
THOMPSONS IMPROVED NAVEL. Resembles the Washington 
Navel in character and habit; fruit medium size, smooth and thin skin; 
good flavor and comes into bearing early. Good keeper, valuable for 
early shipment. 
VALENCIA LATE. Fruit medium size, oval, solid, heavy, light color; 
skin rather thin and of strong texture; flesh juicy, rich color, fine grain, 
firm and crisp and of excellent flavor; tree strong and of vigorous 
growth, light thorns; season latest being prime after other varieties 
become stale, and maintaining a fine quality through summer and 
autumn; early and prolific bearer; best late shipping variety. 
MALTA BLOOD. Ripens just as the Navel is getting late; tree slow 
but persistent upright growth, and disposed to bear in clusters on ter¬ 
minals, heavy bearer; fruit oval, seedless, with peculiar refreshing 
acid flavor, pulp usually splashed with crimson streaks, sometimes almost 
solid crimson, though when grown in the shade it is often but slightly 
colored. 
RUBY BLOOD. Medium size, nearly round; skin thin but very tough; 
pulp melting, rich and juicy; when ripe it usually becomes streaked 
and mottled with blood red; often the entire pulp gets ruby red; show¬ 
ing through the peel in a reddish blush on the outside; one of the best 
blood oranges. 
