THE MASADA DATE SPROUT is alive, well, and growing:

2,000-Year-Old Seed Sprouts, Sapling Is Thriving
John Roach
for National Geographic News
November 22, 2005

A sapling germinated earlier this year from a 2,000-year-old date palm seed is thriving, according to Israeli researchers who are cultivating the historic plant.

"It's 80 centimeters [3 feet] high with nine leaves, and it looks great," said Sarah Sallon, director of the Hadassah Medical Organization's Louis L. Borick Natural Medicine Research Center (NMRC) in Jerusalem.

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