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[Hank Burchard <hank@burchard.org>]

I was both amused and bemused to note that Virginia is not included on 
the list of states in the range of  Diospyros virginiana. However, let 
me assure all that the persimmon grows wild throughout the Old Dominion, 
as it no doubt did when the species was first described and named.

Hank Burchard
Pecker Wood Farm
Amherst VA USA