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Show A New and Valuable Fruit The country is indebted to tbe Rev. Henry Loomis for tbe introduction of one of the moat valuable and luscious varieties of fruit it is possible to bring to tablu We refer to tbe diospyros Ktiki, or Japanese persimmon. This variety differs materially from the persimmon of the southern states, as it ripens without frost, and is free, from the acrid taste which character-1 izs ihem. It is in common use in China and Japan, and ia equally palatable whether fresh or dried. The tree is highly ornamental, a prolific bearer and es hardy as a pear. Its season is from October to January, coming in when fine fruits are scarce. The fruit is of a bright yellow, orange or vormillion color, acd is prouounced"by those who have partaken of it to be ai finely flavored tiB a peacb. It grows to a large size, averaging on mature trees from a naif pound to a pound each in weight. Colonel Hollister, of Santa Barbara, California, grew Borne Japan persimmons persim-mons last season which averaged twelve ounces each. The wood is valuable- for manulacturng purposes, pur-poses, . being a species of ebony.. Tbe Japan persimmon : is perfectly adapted to the soil and climate of tbe middle, southern and western BtatcB, and may be cultivated precisely as the apple. It will bear in from one lo three years. Trees from Japan, -and seeds for cultivation, may be procured at Trumbull's seed store, Sansome street, Ban Francisco. The introduction of new varieties of fruit ol this valuable character is a public- gain.- It addti largely to the wealth and producing power of the state. The fruit of the persimmon being solid will bear transportation across . tbe continent, and either fresh, or dried as figs, is destined to come into general demand iu this country. |