"Phoenix dactylifera, commonly known as date palm, is a flowering plant species in the palm family, Arecaceae, cultivated for its edible sweet fruit called dates. The species is widely cultivated ...

S. V., “ I hope and trust, that, when your five hundred thousand, more or less, men capture my New Orleans, they will have the good taste not to injure Père Antoine’s Date-Palm.” ...

For more than a century, Coachella Valley date farmers have proven their ability to adapt, endure, and thrive.