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[Elizabeth Hilborn <ehilborn@mebtel.net>]

On 11/29/2011 10:18 PM, Jwlehman@aol.com wrote:
> Is the seed very flat or normal like normal persimmon seeds? If normal 
> looking, it likely isn't a hybrid and rescue shouldn't be needed. 

I have been off e-mail for awhile, sorry for the belated reply.

When I view the kaki seed alongside 'wild' D. virginiana, I see that the 
kaki seed is of a similar shape, but larger and flatter. The kaki seed 
is 21 mm long compared to 18 - 19 mm of teh virginiana. Kaki is 14mm 
wide compaed to 11mm of the virginiana seed