. The American fruit culturist, containing directions for the propagation and culture of all fruits adapted to the United States. Fruit-culture. CHAPTER XLI. THE LOQUAT. The Loquat {Eriobotrya o» Photinia Japonica), sometimes called Japan plum, a small evergreen tree, with long and broad, serrated, dark green, roughened, and wavy leaves, is one of the most desirable both for ornament and fruit. The blossoms, freely produced in terminal panicles, are white and deliciously fragrant. They begin opening in August, and from that time until De- cember the air is laden with their rich perfume. The fr
. The American fruit culturist, containing directions for the propagation and culture of all fruits adapted to the United States. Fruit-culture. CHAPTER XLI. THE LOQUAT. The Loquat {Eriobotrya o» Photinia Japonica), sometimes called Japan plum, a small evergreen tree, with long and broad, serrated, dark green, roughened, and wavy leaves, is one of the most desirable both for ornament and fruit. The blossoms, freely produced in terminal panicles, are white and deliciously fragrant. They begin opening in August, and from that time until De- cember the air is laden with their rich perfume. The fruit, of a creamy yellow, resembling in shape a small apple, round or pyriform, and growing in compact bunches like grapes, ranges from an inch to an inch and a half in diameter, and con- , , Fig. 8i6.—Loquat. tains several large seeds surrounded with a most piquant, juicy, and refreshing sub-acid pulp. Ripening from February till May, when other small fruits are scarce, and bearing transportation well, it ought to be plentiful in our Northern markets, where it is as yet scarcely ever seen. In Louisiana and other Gulf States it forms a good substitute for the cherry, which does not bear well in that latitude, and which it somewhat re- sembles in flavor, but to which it is superior for jellies, pies, and preserving, having all the richness of the cranberry with- out its asperity. 667. 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 Thomas, J. J. (John Jacob); Wood, William H. S. New York, Orange Judd
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