Daily Republican., 1885-11-03
The yspap,> so Persimmos.

uhA sOno tNpttlohCt Win - green
fruit OF that name will begin to puckeI
up their moutbs preparatory to whis-
Ting Yankle Doodle" or some Other
tpstriOsia song. But that lie not the per
sim mon we IL tend 10 talk about, thou 1h
it is a relation, but it differs as much
from i's relation as one brother some
times differs from another.
This Japanese or TOXIC persimmon /,
shaped somewhat like a common per
simrnon but ia about ten times larger
IL the color of tho brightest orange, 1,
without seed and when ripe delicious tc
the taste
There is only one tree Of this specie.
of fruit in this vicinity that we know or
and 1t belongs to Mr.. Paneoast Allen
music dealer In the Masonic Temple
and a member of the Board OF Educa-
tion from the Ninth ward.
The tree in quest Ion has secured firm
rootage in Mr.. Aliens beautiful and
prolific fruit patch At Twenty Third and
Market streets He got the tree six years
ago when II was small, but not being
acclimated, fer two years 1t froze down
to the ground. Since then by careful
nursing IL has assumed considerable
proportions, being as thick AZ q man g
wrist, and standing some ten feet high.
The leaves are very much like the com
mon persimnon leaves, but larger
Having become acclimated Mr.. Allen
has no more trouble with 10, the cold
weather of last winter not affecting II
in the least. Last year 1t bore few
Twenty FIVE beautiful persim IN ons, some
of which measure eight and hall
inch es in circumference. They are no,
30 large as tue large apples that are
now coming from the north and cas-
into our markets but they are larger
than our common varieties Of home
grown apples.
They ripen like other persimmors
with the frosts, and in few days Mr.
Allen and family will be luxuriating In
this delicious fruit. This fruit, wh ich
Is very little und eTstood In this country
but being tropical fruit yields kindly
to culture in Florida. In 1884 thes.
persin. mons made their first appearance
In that State al sold in JACK souville
for twenty cents apiece.
Mr.. Allen, besides being considerable
lOf florist, at his beautiful villa 81
T~enty-third and Market street take,
great delight in fruit raising. His So
lleotion of pears, cherries, plums, ounces
Iblack berries, stra " berries, raspberries
and grapes are amongst the finest va srie.
lty' grown He pays particular attention
to pruning, by which he has beautifully )
shaped trees and they are very prolific
The Japanese ptrsImmOn Is the only
fruit now left III his fruit ard, and ht
Is excusable for being little proud Of
it, He thinks 1t can DO prcftably calti
waited in this climate.
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from boy hood, anc considered my case
IchTcnic until about three years ago
Iprt cured Elg's Cloam Balm, and
count myself sound to-day, AL from
the use et one bottle j. f. Cooley
Hardware Merchant, Montrose, Pa.
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whining toms Home weekly.
II Tho above is the title OF a most ex.
cellont illustrated joucnal published by
Ferris Brcs,, the first numo Der OF whict
has just been laid upon our table. L
contains eight pages, three columns to
the page.
The brst number comes tc us with
quito large corps of correspondents
Some deniz ons of the Brandywine, >
of the Mo.lusk tribe 10 the subject oi an
Interesting article by Joseph Rhoads.
,IJr; u. W. Hsrlsn contributes an arti
cle entitled "What parents can do fol
the schools :" Miss N A. Hiiles con
tributes an article on" The w. G. L. u :
under the head OF "Ash Barrels" Les
Minor gives some useful hints; 1. III
Canmnck writes in the interest
lof tha Wilmington Iostitue; W
ID. Pickels, superintendent of the
Ferris Reform school, sets forth tn,
obi ects OF that excellent institution, an,
! Bishop Becker shows the relationshi
of the Catholic church with Temper
ance. IAN interesting TAIL" In whicf
two kittens figure, and the strande'
ships, are the Illustrations for the frs
plumber. The" Weekly" has lare
field of its own. In which 1t can cul
rarest gems OF thought without q riva
and we wish II success.