PERSIMMON DAIDAI MARN.
WlOW 10 givo an illustration of this persimmon, tho engraving having been made from a fruit kindly sent to u& by Mr Mayo, of Dvuvy, in whose nursery tho tree has fruited for the first lime fclria season. This variety was imported about six years ago, and it is reckoned one of the best late dessert sorts of this attractive Japanese fruit. It is beautiful orange red in colour, tho fiui remaining on the tree after the leaves have
I'UK^iMAioN daidai.— Four-fiffhb lmtimil size, fallon, forming a very conspicuous ornamental true on a lawn. Mr Mayo writes :-— "The leaver fall after the first frosts, and leave the omnge-groldon balk, I might; call them, hanging; firmly all over the tree. They arc not; eatable until they become soft to r.he touch, like n ripo tomato. The present specimen is one of the mediumsi'/eil ones, and ol fcyjiiutil form."
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Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 277, 30 June 1888, Page 6
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150PERSIMMON DAIDAI MARN. Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 277, 30 June 1888, Page 6
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