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| Shields Date Backyard – Indio, California |
Time for some Arabic language trivia.
Most of you might be in all probability accustomed to the Medjool date.
They’re one of the crucial in style date varieties on this planet.
The title Medjool comes from the Arabic phrase
majhul (مجهول) which means “unknown” or
“unidentified.” It was utilized to this number of date as a result of its
homeland was unknown and the dates don’t develop in the identical method as
different dates.
With the appearance of DNA testing, scientists have been in a position to
decide that the “unknown” date selection originated in a selected
grove within the Tafilalt area in jap Morocco.
At the moment, California’s Coachella Valley produces extra Medjool
dates than virtually every other area on this planet.
Since it’s now not an unknown date,
ought to it not be renamed the ma’ruf (معروف) or “identified” date? Or name
it the Tafilalt selection?
Sure, I’m being facetious….
