Meehans' monthly : a magazine of horticulture, botany and kindred subjects . - is lost. The fifth annual reportof the Fruit ExperimentStation of Ontario, fromwhich we secured our pic-ture, regards it as ratherof Belgian than Frenchorigin, and gives the dateof its discovery as about1823. In our own countryit seldom reaches the sizegiven in our picture,though Ellwanger &Barry, ofRochester,,usually surprise theirfriends with samplesquite as good when theNovembers come many varietiesseem to have local pref-erences, the Anjou is re-ported as doing wellwherever pear-growing isa suc
Meehans' monthly : a magazine of horticulture, botany and kindred subjects . - is lost. The fifth annual reportof the Fruit ExperimentStation of Ontario, fromwhich we secured our pic-ture, regards it as ratherof Belgian than Frenchorigin, and gives the dateof its discovery as about1823. In our own countryit seldom reaches the sizegiven in our picture,though Ellwanger &Barry, ofRochester,,usually surprise theirfriends with samplesquite as good when theNovembers come many varietiesseem to have local pref-erences, the Anjou is re-ported as doing wellwherever pear-growing isa success. Preparation of Persimmons in Japan.—We give the following information from an in-teresting report of the Agricultural Mission inthe extreme Orient, by M. Rouget, vice-presi-dent of the Horticultural Society in Hyeres : Diospyros Kaki, of which there is a consid-erable number of varieties, may be divided intotwo great sections. The first comprises fruitsof a pronounced astringencj; the second issweet fruits. Fruits of the first section are. ANJOU PEAR. 156 MEEHANS MONTHLY—GENERAL GARDENING. [Oct. scarcely edible fresh, and are submitted to thefollowing special preparation : Heap them in acask containing good brandied rice ; press asclosely as possible, at once turning up theother end of the cask, which must be piercedwith holes above a litre ( pints) of bran-died rice, repeatedly each day for three alcohol is not lost ; it is received from abung-hole in the lower part, but is unfit foruse, because of the acrid property of the , the persimmons are taken out, driedin the sun, and put in boxes the same manneras figs. Sweet persimmons may be immediately driedin the sun, therefore they are gathered withcare a short time before they are ripe, whenthe flesh will feel soft to the finger ; they arehung in pairs, by passing a pin through thestem, and fastening to a very flexible reed andlaid on bamboo stalks. It is not necessarythat thej be exposed di
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