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 @ed5703a4 yes, I’m mailing the seeds to eastern US where these plants are native. The boehmeria and physalis are in paper envelopes and the Diospyros and Asimina are in plastic bags with damp sphagnum that you can just stick in your fridge over winter. Boehmeria needs to be cold-stratification but not in a fridge in plastic or the seeds go bad. It’s better dusted over dirt in a protected pot outside or in a garage. Physalis doesn’t need cold-stratification. 
 @adfbf87b i'm along the CT-RI border and would love to introduce these to my woods. 
 @ed5703a4 let me know which seeds and how many and send me your postal address by DM. I recommend 5 pawpaws if you want at least two trees but you will probably get five pawpaws. The persimmons also have a very high germination rate but are often dioecious.