nemesis wrote:
> "M_a_r_c" <jac### [at] wanadoofr> wrote:
> 
>>The date trees I saw (only photographs)  had a rather straight trunk.
> 
> 
> hmm, most seen here have curved trunks:
> http://images.google.com.br/images?q=palm+tree
> 
There are, after all, MANY different varieties of palm trees.  Date 
palms have straight trunks, coconut palms have curved trunks, for two 
examples.

For a slight change-of-subject, there was a unique palm tree in the area 
where I live (Ventura, California) which was a local landmark.  This 
tree had been damaged early in its life and the top part of the trunk 
had fallen over.  But it continued to live and recovered by continuing 
to grow upward.  It looked something like this:

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It survived like this for many years (50+ I think), but was finally 
killed a few years ago in a bad winter storm.

More trivia:  the street where this tree was located was named Crooked 
Palm Road.

      -=- Larry -=-

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