It is a very satisfactory yard tree, good 
to look at, of cylindrical form, spreading 
not more than about 25 to 30 feet even 
when 40 or 50 feet tall. In the fall the 
Persimmons will almost make a balanced 
ration if eaten with nuts and greens. 
You should have two varieties for cross 
pollination, and the fact that they are 
thriving in Connecticut and in southern 
Iowa would seem to indicate that they 
are safe trees to grow as far north as 
northern Pennsylvania and the southern 
shores of the Great Lakes, but I cannot 
exactly draw the northern range limit. In 
the attempt to make them as hardy as pos- 
sible, I am growing my trees on seed 
from Missouri and Iowa. 

A Ohinese persimmon tree top worked on wild i 
, ! persimmon on an abandoned farm. 
Owing to the film famine (war) a good part of this crop had fallen. They were beautiful 
as they shone, rich orange color (almost) in the November sun. 
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