THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
15 
SOME OF THE BEST FRUITS, SHRUBS AND OR¬ 
NAMENTAL TREES GROWN IN JAPAN 
By Saburo Tomoyama 
HAVE a great interest in your country and American 
horticulture. I think you have a great interest in 
Japan and Japanese horticulture. Have you a taste 
your country for 
The following is a list of the best fruits, shrubs, 
mental trees grown in this country: 
A. Chestnut (Castanea vulgaris) 
o ma¬ 
in 
Japanese gardening? If 
vou are a nurseryman 
and are fond of the 
Japanese splendid (low¬ 
ers. hydrangeas, fruits, 
magnificent shrubs and 
other ornamental trees, 
you will find much to 
interest you in the fol¬ 
lowing: 
The horticultural 
and agricultural pro¬ 
gress of Japan has been 
no less marked than 
her military and politi¬ 
cal development and 
since the Russian-Jap- 
anese war the foreign 
trade of Japan has ad¬ 
vanced by leaps and 
bounds. I understand 
that this year the rice 
crop, that principal 
crop in Japan, through¬ 
out the country is do¬ 
ing very well. 
The Japanese De¬ 
partment of Agricul¬ 
ture has issued its first 
report on the rice crop 
of 1914. The follow¬ 
ing table shows the rice 
crop of 1914 by the 
whole country as esti¬ 
mated by the Japanese 
Department of Agricul¬ 
ture, August 27. 1914. 
57.993,055 Koku. 1 
Koku equals about 
5-16 bushel. 
The following table 
shows the rice crop up 
to 1913 from 1904: 
50,255,287.1913 
50,222,509.1912 
51,712,433.1911 
46,633,376.1910 
52,437,662.1909 
51,933,893.1908 
49,052,063.1907 
46,302,530.1906 
38,172,560.1905 
51,430,221.1904 
50,635,233. The average crop of 7 years to take away largest 
and smallest crops. 
Festival in Japanese Village, near Tokio, Japan 
1. Bon-Guri. Very early. 
Vigorous, prolific and 
regular. Market price 
very high. 
2. Tanba-Guri. Largest. 
Ripen last of Septem¬ 
ber in Japan. 
3. (Shiba-Guri. Early. 
Very prolific. Culture 
easy. Stock used). 
4. Tomoe-Guri. Origin¬ 
ated by S. Tomoyama. 
Fruit medium size. 
Vigorous. Prolific. Col¬ 
or of nut dark maroon, 
very handsome. Good 
quality, keeping very 
long. 
B. Walnut (Juglans sp.) 
Onikurami 
C. Japanese Persimmon 
(Diospyros Kaki) 
No. 1. Sweet kind 
ama-kaki 
1. Zenjimaru. Early me¬ 
dium size, prolific, 
great many produced 
at near Tokio. 
2. Ama-Hyakame. Good 
quality. Ripen early 
part of October. Dif¬ 
ferent name “Kum- 
oroui.” 
3. Fuyu-Kaki. Vigorous, 
ripen early part of No¬ 
vember. Different 
name “Mizugosha.” 
4. Jiro-Kaki. Large, most 
prolific, good quality, 
ripen early part of 
November. 
5. Gosho. Medium size, 
about seedless, vigor¬ 
ous. 
6. Tsurunoko. Very 
early, an egg type. 
No. 2. Astringent 
kind, shibu-kaki. 
1. Hachiya. Egg type, 
largest size, yellow, 
50-60 monme, largest 
fruit 100 monme. 
2. Fuji. Different name 
“Mizu Hachiya,” lar¬ 
gest 120-130 monme. 
Good quality. 
3. Emon. Large, many 
produced at near 
Tokio. 
4. Mino. Egg type, large, 
good quality. 
Rose color, largest size, vigorous, ripen last of 
5. Gionbo. 
October. 
6. Saijyo. Oblong form, yellow color, prolific, vigorous. 
7. Shibuhyakuma or Koshuhyakuma. Large size, vigorous 
ripen last of October. 
D. Rhododendron (Ericaceae) Japanese Azaleas. 
A native of Japan. Propagation of the Japanese Azalea may 
be classified as follows: 
1. Planting of seed (For the production of new varieties 
seeds are practically always used.) 
2. Layering for pot culture. 
3. Cutting of the stem for the garden tree. 
