THE WILD PERSIMMON.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 3536, 20 June 1905, Page 4

THE WILD PERSIMMON.

K lata Fine Fruit Whose Inpvev** meat b Being Graed by Southern Horticulturists. If indications are of value, the persimmon is to receive more attention in the future than it has ih. ; :c ; The American wild p. !.;■ long been well known arc written about, but no s tempt has been made t The introduction of Jap..r moiiSj has perhaps stimulated interest in this fruit and has led to an investigation being started by the Tennessee experiment station as to the possibilities locked up in both the foreign and native persimmons. The persimmon has a wide, range of growth It is found as far north as southern Illinois, Indiana and Ohio, as well as in .Pennsylvania. It also grows at least 50 miles north of New York city. Southward it grows anywhere cj> American soil and is raised ru, v ida to Texas. That the tree ; is well kivnvn. Within the r seasons the fruit has begun f e ry'car in the. f'*' ; cngo markets and h infrequency met with now ir A*, bitions of our horticultural am. bibs, and it also appears at some of our state fairs. The interest in it it on the increase.—Farmers’ Review. Funny Wisdom I* Expeflalvc. To run a creamery successfully help must be sufficient to prevent any man having to do double duty. When n creamery it run short-handed some of the vital things are neglected. The mar at the weigh can may be conscientious, but if he ha* to leave his position to look after the boilers he will have to take some things for granted in the quality of milk he is receiving. It is a short-sighted policy to attempt to sava a few dollar* per month on wages and lose it at the selling price Chaoberlsin’i