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[Jerry Lehman <jwlehmantree@gmail.com>]

On 9/11/2016 8:29 PM, Lee Reich wrote:
>   (This red-fruited form has sometimes been referred to erroneously as the 
> Trebizond date, which is in fact the date plum, Diospyros lotus, another 
> small, dark, sweet, dried fruit eaten in that part of the world.)
It sure looks to me like there is a lot of confusion on names. Nothing 
new here. The 1st message on the subject refers to cleaning the seed 
with his teeth. If the Trebizond Date where D. lotus it could have up to 
8 seeds. Jerry Lehman