Thursday, December 17, 2009

Date Palms


Date palms are beautiful ornamentals and great palms for containers when young. Date palms grace landscape in arid, tropical and subtropical regions. They look truly beautiful alone or in a row.

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Dates

In the Middle East and North Africa date palms are called "the tree of life" and the "king of the oasis". It is a symbol of fertility over there.

Date palms have satisfy many of the needs of life.The fruit of date palms are a staple food in the Arabic world. People eat it raw, cooked, baked. Dates are very sweet, they have the high content of glucose, fructose and sucrose. They are perfect as a snack food. In arabic world dates are used to make date juice, non-alcoholic champagne, different delicacies and desserts.

In the United States dates are grown in California in the desert valleys of Coachella and Bard.

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Phoenix dactylifera

The Date Palm Tree is the oldest fruit bearing tree, dating back to the ancient ages B.C. Dates have been a staple food in the Midlle East for thousands of years.