Here are some infos about date as a fruit;
A Date fruit is the product of a date palm, a tree native to Northern Africa and the Middle East, although it is also cultivated in other parts of the world. In addition to being eaten fresh, the date fruitfruitfruit is dried and eaten whole as a snack or included in an assortment of desserts. Many regional Middle Eastern cuisines incorporate datesdatesdates, as do Mediterranean cuisines like those of Italy and Greece. Dried datesdatesdates are usually readily available in most markets, and fresh datesdatesdates can be found in specialty markets in season.
A full grown date palm, or Phoenix dactylifera can reach 82 feet (25 meters) in height, with a spreading crown of greenish leaves. The date fruitfruitfruit grows in heavy clusters suspended under the leaves, and they are yellow in the early ripening stage, or kimri, the Arabic word for unripe. Some consumers enjoy date fruitfruitfruit in the next stage, khalal, meaning full sized but crunchy, while others wait for datesdatesdates to reach rutab, ripe and soft. When the date fruitfruitfruit is allowed to sun dry on the tree, it is considered to be in the final tamr stage of ripening.
Dates are so sweet. In United States they are usually available around Christmas time. They grow in clusters, and each cluster can contain up to 1700 dates.
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