THE WILD PERSIMMON.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 3555, 3 August 1905, Page 4

THE WILD PERSIMMON.

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If Indica lions are of value, the persimmon is to receive more attention in the future than it has in the past. The American wild persimmon has long been ' 'ell known and talked- and written tU-iit, hut no systematic at-

tempt hat* been made fo d. valop it. The introduction of Japanese peminr - taonji has perhaps stimulated interest in this fruit ami has led to an investigation, he in;' started by the Tennessee experiment station as. to the possibilities locked up» in both the foreign and native persimmon*. The persimmon , has a wide range of growth. It is ‘ ■found' as far north as southern Illinois, Indiana and* Ohio, as well as in Perausyivania. It also grows at least •SO; miles north of New York city. ’Sopthward it grows anywhere on American soil and is raised from Flor-

to Texas. That the tree is hardy is well known. Within the Vast (two seasons the fruit has begun to appear itv ,tp(e, Chicago markets and is not in'fmjuebtlV met with now in the exhi- . bjtic>ns of our horticultural societies. ' , and' it 1 ' tilso appears at some of our lisjtfj fairs.' The interest in it is on the L*2Fnrmere’ I7>>view. VMS; WJ..i,i,n KipfniiTt, To run a creamery successfully help must be sufficient to prevent any man * having to do double duty. When a v ores TO cry h» run fhort-ha ruled some of J 1 the vital things are neglected. The man at the weigh can may he conscientious, but if he 1 has 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 aavo a few dollars per month on wagei and lose it at the selling price t = ;;■"> -- ■■ -

Italy's art treasures apart from buildings are valued at £8,200,000, George Hitchcock, the, artist, though now living handsome]3' on the proceeds of his art in Holland, once made a living by running a small bric-a-brac shop in Chicago. Princess bouise has just completed -I- • of Queen Victoria which she undertook some lime ago to execute, for the Manchester cathedral. Ti c result is said to be most satmfactory. Gustav Korn, a New York bruahmakcr, has made a life-size portrait of George Washington in bristles or various colors, taldm; Stuart s cc - brated painting for a model. bristle picture is said to be quite a work of art., ft is on < shibitlon m the window of a Fear I sir* cl store. Miss inieu Terry the ower day w- ■: - • Gn' nn mV ■ of fc’. r !•• •■ ~ut th • house ot , it’s embarrassing,” sh •» I arn we< ping in you; afl in your dining-roon and u, ...; three different ways in your drawing-room.” M. Dnvimet, of the French institute, and a number of other French architects have petitioned the senat against any interference with » liirious orders, on the ground tin. manv of their building;; are the glory of France, and that they are likely to continue furnishing employment to ■the building trade.