. Yearbook of the United States Department of Agriculture . ium in size and number;flavor sprightly subacid; quality good to very good, both for dessertuse in the fresh state and for cooking. Bush a moderately strong grower with good foliage; bears its fruitchiefly on the old wood like its staminate parent, the White Grape. The specimens illustrated on Plate LIV were grown by Mr. C. at Rochester, N. Y. DELMA8 PERSIMMON. [PLATE LV.] The native persimmon of the Southern and Eastern States, Diospy-ros virgmiana, has, but recently begun to receive the attention of cul-tivators, although w
. Yearbook of the United States Department of Agriculture . ium in size and number;flavor sprightly subacid; quality good to very good, both for dessertuse in the fresh state and for cooking. Bush a moderately strong grower with good foliage; bears its fruitchiefly on the old wood like its staminate parent, the White Grape. The specimens illustrated on Plate LIV were grown by Mr. C. at Rochester, N. Y. DELMA8 PERSIMMON. [PLATE LV.] The native persimmon of the Southern and Eastern States, Diospy-ros virgmiana, has, but recently begun to receive the attention of cul-tivators, although wild trees yielding fruit of exceptionally fine qualityor possessingt>ther important characteristics have long been known toindividuals in many portions of its range. In fact, until its largerfruited relative the kaki, or Japanese persimmon, was introduced andfruited in many parts of the South the intrinsic merit of the nativespecies, and its inherent value as a fruit possessing large capabilities of Yearbook U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, 1904. Plate Perfection currant. 3).%.%«)<)-m^^ Yearbook U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, 1904. Plate LV.
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