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Japan Fruits.In fruit growing, Florida in an un* ■iprov*4*mfiit on Japan* Nearly all tin1fruits of tin* Mikados Kmpire sitr-rrrded w it h «IH, a 11lt; 1 uinHt of thrill atlain greater perfection heretlinn tlinn*. Our Kelseys an* larger ami but t er 11 in n t lit* Hot a ilk in, as this variety is railed by tIn* “Japs/’ SatHiuiia surpasses Kiior I nshiu. The MVne-Naslii Kaki,♦w hirlt t hr Japanese desrriheasa list ere with us is not astringent, and as Mr, Iterrkmun says is our of our bust known and most esteemed vnriet ies. As will he seen by tin* exhaustive lie-A i 4l * 4founts of the Japanese persimmon which we art* publishing, tin*, sametiling is true of other varieties, Mr,Adams says t hat out of t lie t vvelve varieties lie first received “eight were entirely free from t lie old sin of Adam,1' (ast ringenry). W hile t lie Japanese report but few seedless sorts most of the 'varieties, as we grow them, are nearly or quite seedless. See* I lings, whieharesaid to be almost invariably wcytIdeasin Japan, take* most kindly to Florida soil and promise to give us superior varieties of our own; Mr. Norton’sTriumph is certainly an acquisition, Furthermore; our native persimmonseems superior to the Kaki seedling asa stock,—F/ora/n IHspntch,
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Lochmede
Winter Park, Florida, US
Fri, Jan 20, 1888
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