. Descriptive catalogue of fruit and ornamental trees, shrubs, vines and plants. Nursery stock Maryland Baltimore Catalogs; Nursery stock Virginia Richmond Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Shrubs Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs. Descriptive Catalogue. 57. Japanese Persimmon. JAPANESE PERSIMMON. By the introduction of the Japanese Persimmon, we have added to our Catalogue one of the most beautiful and luscious fruits, and one that will be greatly appreciated when better known. In Japan, where large quan- tities are grown, it stands in the
. Descriptive catalogue of fruit and ornamental trees, shrubs, vines and plants. Nursery stock Maryland Baltimore Catalogs; Nursery stock Virginia Richmond Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Shrubs Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs. Descriptive Catalogue. 57. Japanese Persimmon. JAPANESE PERSIMMON. By the introduction of the Japanese Persimmon, we have added to our Catalogue one of the most beautiful and luscious fruits, and one that will be greatly appreciated when better known. In Japan, where large quan- tities are grown, it stands in the highest favor. It is not only used in a fresh state, but is preserved as the fig, and is fully eqnal to that fruit in point of excellence. There are a great many varie- ties, varying in size, shape, col- or, quality and season of ripen- ing ; some are shaped like a to- mato, others are oblong and pointed at the apex ; the color varies from a bright orange-red to a lemon-yellow ; the flesh when ripe is soft, with a pleas- ant, sweet, slight apricot flavor. The smallest sorts we have grown are double the size of our natives, while others have pro- duced fruits that measured over eleven inches in circumference and were without seeds. The tree is wonderfully productive, and comes into bearing very young ; we have had one-year- old trees reach us late in the spring from Japan, and next season they would bear a profu- sion of fruit. Trees three feet high, standing in nursery row, have matured twenty-one specimens, and others about five feet have borne over fifty. We know of no tree that makes so fine a show in fruit as the Japanese Persimmon. The tree is of itself very striking in ap- pearance, with its fine, shining foliage, and when laden with its beautiful red or golden \-ellow fruit, it must be seen to be appreciated ; we have not the language to convey an idea of its beauty. Apart from the value of its fruit, it well deserves a place on the lawn among the ornamentals. -v The tr
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