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Where Persimmon Was King (Paperback)
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When Palemon Howard Dorsett visited persimmon orchards north of
Peking (Peiping), China in 1924-31, he found an amazing
horticultural operation. He and his son, James, first explored the
region in 1924-5, and he returned there in l930-31. Dorsett was a
U. S. Department of Agriculture plant explorer assigned to locate
and collect plants, seeds, and scions that might be useful as crops
or in crop breeding in the U.S. He was also an expert photographer.
The significance of his findings have not yet been recognized by
most persimmon afficionados and many horticulturists in the U.S.
Now, with the assistance of the National Agricultural Library where
boxes of Dorsett's photographs and records are organized, William
Preston, in Where Persimmon Was King not only recreates Dorsett's
travels to the extensive persimmon growing region north of Peiping
(now Beijing), but also describes the most important situations and
practices that Dorsett observed. By reproducing both Dorsett's
photographs and his narrative in Where Persimmon Was King, Preston
gives the reader an unparalleled view of the phenomenal effort made
by the Chinese to establish, grow, and sell persimmons (Diospyros
kaki) for the markets in local population centers, principally in
and around Peking. William H. Preston brings us a classic work
about a memorable undertaking.
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