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About ten miles outside Yuma is a lush oasis in the desert, with 8,000 date palms swaying in the wind, looking almost like a mirage in the hot desert sun. It actually is an oasis, dug out of rough desert land by the hands of Nels and Martha Rogers in 1990. Today, they have one of the largest date farms in the area, with a 3,000-square-foot store surrounded by 130 acres of Medjool date palms.
The whole date industry in the United States started in 1927 when USDA scientist Walter Swingle brought 11 shoots from Morocco to Nevada. All palms in the United States today are offshoots of these original trees. Martha's Gardens Medjool Date Farm is a popular place to stop for a date shake or for a tour of their beautiful desert oasis.
Address: 9747 S Avenue 9 3/4 E,Yuma, AZ 85365, Phone: 928-726-8833
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