When they started spraying the land, Jack said it would be dangerous and would lead to problems. "It's progress", they said, "you've got to move with the times." "You can't put chemicals in the soil without suffering the consequences," Jack said... Know what? They he was crazy!

The word currant came into English from the Anglo-French phrase "raisin de Corauntz", that referred to small seedless raisins imported from Corinthia in southern Greece. This phrase was first attested in 1334 as "raysyn of Curans" (raisins of Corinth). The word was transferred to the unrelated northern European berries from the genus Ribes when they were introduced to England in 1578.

Phoenix dactylifera, commonly known as the Date Palm, is a palm in the genus Phoenix, extensively cultivated for its edible sweet fruit. Due to its long history of cultivation for fruit, its exact native distribution is unknown, but probably originated somewhere in the desert oases of northern Africa, and perhaps also southwest Asia. It is a medium-sized tree, 15 to 25 m tall, often clumped with several trunks from a single root system, but often growing singly as well. The leaves are pinnate, 3 to 5 m long, with spines on the petiole and about 150 leaflets; the leaflets are 30cm long and 2cm broad. The full span of the crown ranges from 6 to 10 meters. Dates are a great source of dietary fibre, and according to researchers at the University of Scranton in Pennsylvania, they have the highest concentration of polyphenols among dried fruits. The findings of this research suggest that dried fruits should be a greater part of the diet because they are dense in phenol antioxidants, nutrients, and fibre.

Based on the Wiltshire/Berkshire border, Doves Farm Foods was established in 1978 by Michael and Clare Marriage. All the products found under the Doves Farm label are all based upon grains and cereals or are complimentary to them.

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