The Native Persimmon

Author : W. F. Fletcher
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781332238972
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (389 download)

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Download or read book The Native Persimmon written by W. F. Fletcher and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-05 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Native Persimmon: October 12, 1915 The more favored localities in Iowa and eastern Nebraska produce many fruits, but very few trees are found west of central Kansas. Scattering specimens in Connecticut and on Long Island mark the present northeastern limit of the species. A few trees in Rhode Island, New York, and Michigan which produce fairly well indicate that the northern limit of cultivation may be extended whenever economic conditions (that is, the value of the fruit for food or of the tree for ornamental purposes) seem to warrant. The zone of greatest productivity and adaptability, wherein appear by far the largest number of promising types, extends from Maryland, Virginia, and the Carolinas westward through Missouri and Arkansas. The persimmon thrives equally well on the sands of the Coastal Plain, the shales of the Allegheny Mountains, the muck of the riverbottom lands, and the chert of the Ozarks. General Description Of The Persimmon. Habit Of Growth. Throughout the habitat of the persimmon there is a wide variation in the size and growth of the trees and in the form, size, color, and number of seeds of the fruit. The tree characters seem to indicate two types, upright and drooping, and these tree types are closely allied with the fruit types. When grown in the open, persimmon trees rarely reach a height of 50 feet. In a dense forest growth they sometimes reach 70 or 100 feet, but that is uncommon. The characteristic checking of the bark of an old tree, which is shown in figure I, aids one to recognize the species. The top of the tree is usually roundish or conical in form. Large trees are often somewhat irregular, owing to the breaking of limbs by heavy crops of fruit; moreover, it is a characteristic of productive trees to prune themselves by dropping many of the fruit-bearing twigs. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.