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Israeli researchers grow new date plants from 2,000-year-old seeds: Six saplings sprout from ancient kernels gathered at Judean archaeological sites; scientists hope to pollinate female plants and produce fruit
Times of Israel ^
| February 6, 2020
| Stuart Winer and Sue Surkes
Posted on 02/08/2020 10:55:42 AM PST by SunkenCiv
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02/08/2020 10:55:43 AM PST
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SunkenCiv
To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; 31R1O; ...
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posted on
02/08/2020 10:56:04 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: Diana in Wisconsin
To: SunkenCiv
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
02/08/2020 11:14:42 AM PST
by
wardaddy
(I applaud Jim Robinson for his comments on the Southern Monuments decision ...thank you)
To: SunkenCiv
When the fig tree blossoms, know that the time is near.
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posted on
02/08/2020 11:16:02 AM PST
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Varsity Flight
(Mr. President, We the People, have your back.)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
02/08/2020 11:17:38 AM PST
by
pepsi_junkie
(Often wrong, but never in doubt!)
To: SunkenCiv
Very cool story! Thanks for posting it.
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posted on
02/08/2020 11:17:56 AM PST
by
volunbeer
(Find the truth and accept it - anything else is delusional)
To: Varsity Flight
“That which has been, is that which shall be..”
Ecclesiastes 1:9
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posted on
02/08/2020 11:18:24 AM PST
by
Varsity Flight
(Mr. President, We the People, have your back.)
To: SunkenCiv
Neat-o.
They need to put a ban on Monsanto ever getting their stinking hands on it.
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posted on
02/08/2020 11:21:45 AM PST
by
bgill
To: pepsi_junkie
I heard that, you two! I'd say you should date more, except that's how you got schiffalus in the first place. Well, time to utterly destroy you! Hold still. This won't take long.
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posted on
02/08/2020 11:29:16 AM PST
by
Eleutheria5
("SHUT UP!" he explained.)
To: volunbeer
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posted on
02/08/2020 11:29:22 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: SunkenCiv
Thanks for the interesting article. Its amazing that something can be revivified from prehistory without tampering. I hope theyll be able to get some fruit.
To: SunkenCiv
History and science I can sink my teeth into.
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posted on
02/08/2020 11:47:40 AM PST
by
Redcitizen
("There's no replacement for shot placement" - Paul Harrell)
To: SunkenCiv
Very interesting--- thanks for posting.
I've been kinda following this. I read that the Judean date was such a delicacy, so prized, and so important to the area's export market, that when the Romans destroyed the Temple in 70 AD and, by slaughter or forced exile, depopulated all of Judea, they also methodically destroyed all of the stored harvest and all the Judean date orchards, down to exterminating each and every plant. They hated Judean Jews that much.
It is splendid that these Israeli researchers can "resurrect" this cultivar. They should name their next successful sapling "Lazarus"!
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posted on
02/08/2020 12:38:34 PM PST
by
Mrs. Don-o
(I'm trans-Medieval. Please respect my forms of address, "Your Grace" and "m'Lady".)
To: SunkenCiv
2000-year-old seed?
Talk about desperate for a date!
To: SunkenCiv
Maybe they went extinct for a reason. Perhaps they tasted bad or caused diarrhea.
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posted on
02/08/2020 12:48:08 PM PST
by
alternatives?
(Why have an army if there are no borders?)
To: SunkenCiv
(AHEM) I will send an inquiry about the high-producing females.
Is it just the dates?(stay tuned)
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posted on
02/08/2020 1:10:44 PM PST
by
blam
To: pepsi_junkie
LOL! Clever. Post of the day!
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posted on
02/08/2020 1:21:09 PM PST
by
Reddy
( B.O. stinks)
To: Mrs. Don-o
Interesting. It has been thought that the huge forests of date palms were mostly destroyed by Crusaders and Mamluk Muslims. Perhaps that was already the Iraqi date cultivar.
Judaen dates were apparently used as a sweetening agent instead of sugar. They were that sweet.
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02/08/2020 1:36:56 PM PST
by
jjotto
(Next week, BOOM!, for sure!)
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