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in panicles, and produces fruits in the next summer. The fruits
ar.'
yellow and round, covered with fine hair.
They are as large
as finger-heads, and are very delicious and aciduous ;
so they
are highly prized. They contain 2 3 large seeds. A variety r
with the fruits which skin has white powder,
is called Shiroko-biwa.
192. b. Photinia japonica, T/i., var., Jap. Tobiwa /
its fruits are large, with a very good taste, and the leaves are alsolarge.
When 8 9 years are passed after the seeds were sown,
the young trees grow 6 7 its. high, and produce very good fruitsas
their mother trees.
192. C. Photinia japonica, T/i., var., Jap. Nagaftbiwa ;
its fruits are oval and sometimes obovate.
193. CrataegUS CUneata, 5. et Z., Jap. Saiizashi ; a
deciduous shrub of the order Kosaceae, attaining a height of 5
6 fts., with many thorny branches. In spring it produces single
white flowers
in clusters, being followed with round red or yellow
skinned fruits about \ inch in diameter. The fruits are slightly
sweet and acidouous.
193. b. Crataegus sanguinea, Pall., Jap. Osanzaski;
u species closely allied to the preceding, with larger leaves and
fruits, attaining a height of about 10 fts.
194. Diospyros kaki, L., Persimmon, Jap. Kaki ; a de-
of 20 30
ciduous tree of the order Ebenaceoe, attaining a height
fts. In late spring,
it shoots forth new branches and leaves ;
in
early summer, it opens male and female flowers separately ;
and
in antumn, its fruits ripen and are yellowish red or crimson.
The forms of the fruits are various, and their taste is sweet or asttigent.
Kisawas/ii (sweet kaki)
is eaten fresh, and Shibti-kaki
(astrigent kaki} is made into Umi-kaki, Sawashi-kaki, S/iibu-
)>uki-kaki, AmabosJii-kaki, Koro-kaki, Kaki-tsuki etc., and then
dible. The variety drawn here is a Kisawashi called Zcnjimaru
being produced abundantly in eastern provinces. The varieties