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Claypool and Lehmans work
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Jerry Lehman has passed

I was asked to post this in the general fruit growing forum to assure that all forum members see it. The man did great breeding work with persimmons and paw paws and shared everything he learned with extreme generosity to fruit growers all over the country, and likely the world. He died at 81 from a tractor accident on his farm. A great loss to us all, but, of course, especially those who knew and loved him, which is no small group. My condolences to those folks in particular.

Many people want to look hard at interspecific crosses made between american persimmons and kaki

List of hybrid persimmon species available in USA

This is a work in progress for D. virginiana x kaki etc. hybrids available in the U.S. Please see the last PDF update below.