. Cyclopedia of hardy fruits. Fruit; Fruit-culture. 316. Ruby Persimmon. (XD RUBr. Fig. 316. Little's Ruby Introduced from Cartersburg, Indiana, where it ripens during September and for some time later; form, roundish-oblate ; size, small to medium ; color, yellowish- red, shading to deep red ; skin, tender; seeds, few; flavor, sweet ; quality, very good. SHOTO KOTO Introduced from Danville, Indiana, where it ripens during October; form, oblong-ovate; size, large; color, dull yellow, blushed in the sun; skin, rather tough; seeds, few ; qual'ty, verj- good. Introduced from Pennsylvania, where i
. Cyclopedia of hardy fruits. Fruit; Fruit-culture. 316. Ruby Persimmon. (XD RUBr. Fig. 316. Little's Ruby Introduced from Cartersburg, Indiana, where it ripens during September and for some time later; form, roundish-oblate ; size, small to medium ; color, yellowish- red, shading to deep red ; skin, tender; seeds, few; flavor, sweet ; quality, very good. SHOTO KOTO Introduced from Danville, Indiana, where it ripens during October; form, oblong-ovate; size, large; color, dull yellow, blushed in the sun; skin, rather tough; seeds, few ; qual'ty, verj- good. Introduced from Pennsylvania, where it ripens during October and November; form, roundish-oblate; size, medium; color, dull yellow, splashed with red; flavor, rich and sweet; quality, very good. THE MULBERRY The genus Morus, to which the mulberry belongs, is a small one, not more than ten species now being recognized. All of these produce edible fruits, but only three are cul- tivated for their fruits. Morus is a member of the mulberrs^ family (Moraceae), and is asso- ciated with the fig, the bread-fruit of the tropics, and several genera producing the rubber of commerce. Two of the ten species of Morus are natives of North America, all of the others being inliabitants of temperate re- gions in Europe and Asia, most abundant in the last-named continent. All are well known for their edible, berry-like fruits, and as trees upon which the silkworm feeds. The species cultivated for their fruits are all trees with milky sap and fleshy yellow roots. The leaves are alternate, deeply lobed, and deciduous. The flowers are dioecious or monoecious, both sexes in small, hanging, cylindric axillarj' catkins, the staminate ones soon falling. The fruit consists of an aggre- gation of more or less united and compressed drupelets tipped with the remnants of the etigma and enclosing a nutlet, the multiple fruit resembling a 317. White Mulberrj'. (XVo) 1. Moras alba, Linn. Fig. 317. White Mulberry. Tree 30-60 feet, low-
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