Swingle was optimistic about the date palm’s chances in California. He wrote: “No heat is too great and no air too dry for this remarkable plant, which is actually favored by a rainless climate and by hot desert winds.”
Swingle was optimistic about the date palm’s chances in California. He wrote: “No heat is too great and no air too dry for this remarkable plant, which is actually favored by a rainless climate and by hot desert winds.”
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