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Title: Fruitland Nurseries 1900
Identifier: CAT31284077 (find matches)
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Fruitland Nurseries (Augusta, Ga. ); Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nurseries (Horticulture) Georgia Augusta Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs
Publisher: Augusta, Ga. : Fruitland Nurseries
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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JAPANE.SE, PERSIMMONS, continued Among, or Yemon (name of a Japanese ornament). Round, flattened, deeply ribbed; dark orange-red and sometimes yellowish red; lYz to 3 inches in diameter; average weight 6 ounces, and occasion- ally a specimen weighing 16 ounces is produced. Very sweet; flesh red, and is edible while still solid, but quality improves as it becomes soft. Maturity September. Hachiya (Beehive, in Japanese.—Synonyms : Costata Imperial, Yomato). Oblong, with a blunt apex, slightly ribbed; 2/1? x 3 inches; average weight 5 ozs.; flesh deep orange-red, astringent while solid but sweet and very good when soft. Should be house-ripened, and can be kept until March. Tree of vigorous and tall growth. Hiyakume (100 "me," a unit of Japanese weight). This is perhaps the most desirable of all the round, red-fleshed varieties, and as the fruit affects various shapes, it is known under many names, such as Pound, Tane-nashi, or Seedless, etc. The Agricultural Bureau of Tokio gives the latter name to a variety with black mottled apex, but we find both round and elongated forms upon the same tree, as also uniformly orange and orange-yellow colored specimens, while many are heavily tipped with black. This variation of form and colors has doubtless led to its array of synonyms. Fruit large, averaging 3 inches in diameter and 5 ounces in weight; usually flattened, but elongated forms are quite common upon the same branch. Flesh bright orange-red; keeps very late; must be soft before being edible. Tree of moderate height. Maru. Fruit medium size, shaped like tomato; slightly four-sided. Flesh light; fine quality. Open grower. Miyo-tan (Mazellt). Round or slightly oblong; zl/z inches in diameter; average weight ounces; slightly ribbed; skin deep orange-red; flesh usually deep brown-red, but bright red or half brown speci- mens are often produced upon the same tree, the result of cross-fertilization by other varieties. Tree of medium or dwarf growth; exceedingly prolific. Fruit keeps very late. The brown-fleshed specimens are edible while solid, and become so as early as October 1. Tsuro-no-ko (Stork Egg; Mino kaki). Large, oblong, 2^ x 3^ inches; weight 4 to 5 ounces, sometimes 10 ounces. Skin bright red, some speci- mens covered with black at apex; flesh red, very good; keeps late. Edible only when soft. Foliage long and shiny; tree compact and a vigorous grower. Zengi. The smallest and, at the same time, the best flavored and surest bearer of the Japan Persim- mons; 1^x2 inches. Weighs 3 to 4 ounces. Flesh dark brown, with darker spots. Edible by middle of September while still solid. Lasts until November. Nut-Bearing Trees ALMONDS Prices of 1-year-old budded trees: 4 to 5 feet, 25 cents each, $2 for 10. Princesse and Sultana Both are prolific, soft- shelled, and very good. These are the varieties mostly cultivated in Europe, and produce the bulk of the almonds of commerce. Almonds are unreliable for the middle sections of the South, but are more successful in Florida. CHESTNUTS American. Seedling trees, 3 to 4 feet, 25 cts. each, $2 per 10; 6 to 7 feet, 50 cts. each, $4 per 10. A few extra large trees, 8 feet, at $1 each. Large Spanish. 2 to 3 feet, 25 cts. each, $2 per 10. Yields very large nuts, not as sweet as the American, but their size and beautiful appearance command a ready sale.

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