@article {673,
	title = {The date palm: "Tree of life" in the subtropical deserts},
	journal = {Economic Botany},
	volume = {5},
	year = {1951},
	month = {July-Sept 1951},
	pages = {274-301},
	abstract = {Dates, staple food in the valleys of the Tigris, Euphrates and Nile rivers since the dawn of history, have been established on nearly 6,000 acres in southern California and Arizona.},
	keywords = {agroforestry, date palm, Phoenix dactylifera, ritual},
	url = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/4252037},
	author = {Roy W. Nixon}
}
