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[Jerry Lehman <jwlehmantree@gmail.com>]

Holy shit Batman! 98 different varieties of various species, 
unbelievable. Are they establishing a fruiting botanical repository? 
They have ordered before so apparently they have the ability to pay.

I'm quite certain MB 3 is not a hybrid, rather an open pollinated 
seedling of Morris Burton that John Gordon selected from seeds he 
planted. I have it here and I'm not impressed because it is very late. 
Some of the fruit is still on the ground and I don't see much deer 
activity around it, nothing like deer Candy although location could have 
a bearing. The fruit is large and colorful flavor good but I do not 
believe it's a hybrid. In fact I'm planning on cutting my tree down to 
make space for pawpaws.

I really question many persimmon that are being called hybrids. For 
example I've seen it claimed that Keener is a hybrid, and I don't see 
it. Anyway!

Below is the list of material he has requested that I can help you with 
if you don't have it. 275-69 and 275-70 is in very short supply as they 
are located next to the driveway going straight back to the orchard and 
in shade part of the day. I plan on grafting it here this spring which 
will require my holding at least one stick of wood for myself of each. I 
wonder if 250-48 is a mistake, someone getting the numbers mixed up. I 
do have such a tree but I don't recall calling attention to it. Just 
checked my field notes, generally it is average to large but none of the 
notes say exceptional taste. I hate to start distributing average 
material if the buyer believes it is superior. If he is just looking for 
genetic diversity then that would be okay. It is a Davis X SN-15 cross.

Jerry

On 1/27/2017 12:20 AM, England's Orchard and NUrseryEngland's Orchard 
and NUrsery wrote:
> PAWPAWS:
>
>  1. 250-39;
>
>  2.  250-48;
>
>  3. 275-48;
>
> .4. 250-30;
>
>  5. 275-17;
>
> 28.  275-56;
>
> 42. 275-69;
>
> 43. 275-70;
>
> PERSIMMONS – Virginiana  (V):
>
> 44.  H-120 (V);
>
> 45.  Lena / Mitchellena  (V);
>
> 46.  Mohler  (V);
>
> 47.  100-47 (V);
>
> 48.  NC-10 (V);
>
> 49.  U20A Celebrity  (V);
>
> 50.  Wonderful (V);
>
> PERSIMMONS - Hybrids Virginiana X Kaki  (V x K):
>
> 50.  Morris Burton # 3  (V x K);