. Common forest trees of Georgia: how to know them. A pocket manual. Trees -- Georgia. ^ PERSIMMON {Diospyros virginiana L.) THE persimmon, often called "simmon," is well known throughout its ranjje. It is a small tree, rarely exceedinf; 50 feet in height and 18 inches in diameter, occurring throughout the State, except in the high mountains. It seems to prefer dry, open situations, and is most abundant in old fields, though it occurs on rich bottomlands. The bark of old trees is almost black and sepa- rated into thick nearly square blocks, much like the black gum. The leaves are alt
. Common forest trees of Georgia: how to know them. A pocket manual. Trees -- Georgia. ^ PERSIMMON {Diospyros virginiana L.) THE persimmon, often called "simmon," is well known throughout its ranjje. It is a small tree, rarely exceedinf; 50 feet in height and 18 inches in diameter, occurring throughout the State, except in the high mountains. It seems to prefer dry, open situations, and is most abundant in old fields, though it occurs on rich bottomlands. The bark of old trees is almost black and sepa- rated into thick nearly square blocks, much like the black gum. The leaves are alternate, oval, entire, 4 to 6 inches long, dark green and shining above, paler be- neath. The small flow- ers, which appear in May, are yel- lowish or cream- white, somewhat bell-shaped, the two kinds occur- ring on separate trees; the male in solitary. Thev. PBRSrMMON Leaf, one-half natural size. Twig, three-quarters natural size. are clusters of 2 or 3, the female visited by many insects. The fruit is a pulpy, round, orange-colored or brown berry, an inch or more in diameter and con- taining several flattened, hard, smooth seeds. It is strongly astringent while green, but often quite sweet and delicious when thoroughly ripe. It is much relished by children, and by dogs, 'possums and other animals. The wood is hard, dense, heavy, strong, the heart- wood brown or black, the wide sapwood white or It is particularly valued for shuttles, golfstick heads, and similar special uses, but is not of sufficient commercial use to warrant its general encouragement as a timber tree. 77. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Mattoon, Wilbur R. (Wilbur Reed), 1875-1941; Burleigh, Thomas Dearborn. Athens, Ga.
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