The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-22

Trifoliata stock, and l, in all my travels,
never saw a tree dead from foot rot or
germ disease. There are innumerable
trees over 100 years old bearing abund-
antly, and we believe they will live
longer than on the Florida stock, as we'll
as bear finer grained fruit. Doubtless a
century is as long as any planters care to
look ahead.
AS to the name of Satsuma. suggest a
compromise, viz: that all trees on Citrus
Trifoliata stock be called oonshin as in
Japan, and all on other stock be called
"Satsuma. 1t will not then be neces-
saPy to ask the question, 'On what stock
are they" Don't you agree with me2
They say "all things come to him
who waits" We have patiently waited
six years and are now reaping
bounteous harvest, and apparently the
growers of the oonshiu are, too. / have
just received letter from H. NJ. String
fellow in reply to some oonShiu fruits
sent him: 81 grew several hundred here
Hitchcock boxes the present season
much larger than those you sent. Yours
were received in fine order, little SOFT
but sweet and juicy. If we could have a
fall of the thermometer to 15o and not
hurt ouritrees, stheiplanting of the oonshiu
would be very extensive" & 4 AS
in our nursery in a gulch in Santa Cruz
mountains, and at several other places
small trees stood unhurt 16o and fruited
the following season, all Doubts dispelled
from our minds. One gentleman
writes from Galveston: Il am sure if
people knew they were hardy enough,
they would plant here hundreds of
thousands; this country is settling; this
last month over l 900 families have come
to this county to start orchards"
= 1 spent the last two years in Japan
more especially to hunt up new plums,
and think have found four or five very
desirable kinds, both earlier and later
than the Satsuma, etc, which are so
successful. The pits of all are very
small and the fruit keeps wonderfully
well A word about persim-
mons: No wonder they are not liked
more than they are, when one sees both
hard acrid or puckery, and soft and
rotten ones marked, "E'ine and ripe" in
the streets of San Francisco; when the
people learn to eat them as they are eaten
in Japan, and not till then will they be-
come really popular. The early kinds
have mostly, or entirely, seeds and brown
meat, and can be eaten hard, pairing off
the peel with knife like an apple. Later
on come the 'Gosheo" and Tame Nashi'
Tor "seedless''j which can be eaten like
wise, and are delicious So Still later is
the Vernon (seedless), but it has to be
prepared, passing through certain pro-
cess occupying day, which does not
soften it, but renders it flood fit for the
gods" and in that condition it will keep
ten or twelve days.
This is why all travellers in Japan
praise the persimmOn to the astonish-
ment of Americans, who only know it as
fruit to be eaten soft and
mushy Not but that it is very
nice when soft and just ready to
eat. but as different from the other as
light from darkness. l found some per-
simmons over d pound each, and secured
the trees. which ! cut down and grated
to stocks a year ago. have found four
kinds of pears, and believe three will be
very desirable-two are pyriform and one
only has a green skin, the others are the
usual tawny. Apologizing for spinning out
this letter so long, and expressing hope
that | may be of assistance in some way
to such of your readers as are of pro
gressive nature, and not always ready to
go slow" H. E. AMAvRE.