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["Lon J. Rombough" <lonrom@hevanet.com>]

Title: Re: [NAFEX] Bearing Age of Date Trees

That's actually true, FROM SEED, but not for all dates.  The 80 years to bearing is the upper extreme, though many take 20 years or more to bear from seed.  That's one reason dates are grown from offshoots (called pups) of bearing trees - offshoots come into bearing sooner.  The California Rare Fruit Growers have had some very good articles on dates, just a couple of issues back.  Go to http://www.crfg.org to find out when the article was in the magazine.
-Lon Rombough
Grapes, writing, consulting, more, plus word on The Grape Grower at http://www.bunchgrapes.com


From: Phil Norris <cousinphil@acadia.net>
> Reply-To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2002 16:57:42 -0500
> To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: [NAFEX] Bearing Age of Date Trees

> My neighbor came over today with a story about a certain kind of date 
> tree that takes 80 years to bear fruit.  The story illustrated how 
> important knowledge is passed from generation to generation in some 
> cultures.
>
> Before I could stop myself I found myself doubting the validity of the 
> story.  I really don't know but it seems against the very nature of the 
> plant kingdom for any species to take 80 year to mature.
>
> Anyone know of any plant that takes that long to bear fruit?
>
> Phil Norris
> Clayfield Farm
> East Blue Hill ME
> Z4
>
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