@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} }