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[Elizabeth Hilborn <ehilborn@mebtel.net>]

Please excuse this post, I was in my drafts folder and inadvertantly hit 
'send'

On 5/1/2019 10:34 PM, Elizabeth Hilborn wrote:
> 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
>
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