Re: After 2,000 Years, a Seed From Ancient Judea Sprouts

Re > "O.K, I have a date plant," Dr. Solowey said. "If it lives, it will be
years before we eat any dates. And that's if it's female. There's a 50-50
chance. And if it's a male, it will just be a curiosity."

OK, Jim, let's say it is female.  It will need a male for pollination.
Sounds like the other 2 seeds didn't germ.  So...if it is pollinated by a
newer variety of date, would that alter the outcome?  I'm not very good at
understanding this.

Kitty
neIN, Z5
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "james singer" <islandjim1@verizon.net>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Sunday, June 12, 2005 9:51 AM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] After 2,000 Years, a Seed From Ancient Judea Sprouts


> Ooops, guess it lost the link. Try this:
>
> http://hort.net/+4
>
>
> On Jun 12, 2005, at 10:45 AM, james singer wrote:
>
> > Don't know how many of you peruse the Times, but this is a very
> > interesting article in this morning's paper
> >
> > [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type image/gif which had a name
> > of spacer.gif]
> >>  INTERNATIONAL / MIDDLE EAST   | June 12, 2005
> >>  After 2,000 Years, a Seed From Ancient Judea Sprouts
> >> By STEVEN ERLANGER
> >> Israeli doctors and scientists have succeeded in germinating a date
> >> seed nearly 2,000 years old.
> >>
> > Island Jim
> > Southwest Florida
> > 27.0 N, 82.4 W
> > Hardiness Zone 10
> > Heat Zone 10
> > Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
> > Maximum 100 F [38 C]
> >
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> Island Jim
> Southwest Florida
> 27.0 N, 82.4 W
> Hardiness Zone 10
> Heat Zone 10
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> Maximum 100 F [38 C]
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