THE WILD PERSIMMON.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3606, 5 December 1905, Page 4

THE WILD PERSIMMON.

M Is ta Fine Fruit Whaw bnpmpp*. meat la nelag tlrxed bf SovWbern Horticulturists.

If indications 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 well known and talked and written about, but no systematic attempt has been made to develop it. The introduction of Japanese persimmons has perhaps stimulated internet in this fruit and has led to an Investigation being started by the Tennesasa experimen t station ae to the possibilities locked up in both the foreign and native persimmons. The persimmon has a wide range of growth. It is found l as far north as southern Illinois, Indiana and' Ohio, as well m in Pennsylvania. K also grows at latsi 50 miles north of New York city. Southward it grown anywhere on American soil and is raised from Florida to Texas. That the tree is hardy is well knowp. Within the last ftwo seasons the fruit has begun to appear in the Chicago markets and is hot infrequently, met with now in the exhibitions of our horticultural societies, and it “also appears at some of our state fairs. The interest in it i* on tho Increase.—Farmers’ Review.

Ponny WUtioni la Expensive. To run a creamery successfully help must be sufficient to prevent any man having to do double duty. When a creamery is run short-handed some of the vital (Jiingsare neglected. The man at the weigh can may be conscientious, but if he has to leave his position to look ufiVer. 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 save a 1 few dollars per month on wages and Lose it at the selling price

44«*'f.w*4 " TJT~ * afeafllsH aoWeman who wot®* ftuttfcs «living. Born very poor— the poorest in the kingdom, indeed —he has worked at several trades and was once a newsboy.

Gen. French has proved to be the most successful of all the hnglish division commanders in South Africa, for he not only has made no mistakes, but has done effective work from the very beginning of his campaign in the eastern Transvaal.

Recently, on his ninety-first birthday, Rev. John Spurgeon, father of the famous Charles Spurgeon, preacher, laid the foundation stone of the South Norwood Baptist church in England. He U a Congregationalist and probably is the oldest living minister of that denomination.

John Morley rarely “takes his walks abroad’’ without one or more of bis pet dogs, to which he is devotedly attached. in his old journalistic days his favorite dog always accompanied him to his office, waiting patiently for him until the day’s work was over and it was time for the homeward journey.

Always a great smoker, the king of ■ England since his succession has smoked harder than ever. The czar of Russia and kaiser of Germany, when they want to please him, send himspeeial brands of cigars and cigarettes, and the king in return dispatches to those august personages his own favorite brands.