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Medjool Dates

Medjool date palm rows in winter light at Desert Sun Dates, Sky Valley, California
Medjool Dates

Dates in San Bernardino & the Inland Empire — Next-Day From the Coachella Valley

Fresh Medjool and Zahidi dates shipped next-day to San Bernardino, Fontana, Ontario, Corona and the Inland Empire — grown one valley over, farm-direct at posted prices.

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Sealed 1 lb container of golden Zahidi dates with nutrition label from Desert Sun Dates
Medjool Dates

Khorma (خرما) in Los Angeles — Fresh Persian-Style Dates, Farm-Direct

LA's Persian community knows khorma. A California family farm's honest answer: golden Zahedi and fresh jumbo Medjool, farm-direct in 1–2 days — and no, we don't grow Mazafati.

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1 lb container of Desert Sun Dates California dates, farm label facing forward
Medjool Dates

Dates in El Cajon — Iraqi Heritage Varieties, Grown in California

El Cajon is home to America's largest Chaldean community — and our California farm grows Zahidi, an Iraqi heritage date. Farm-direct boxes and bulk cases, next-day to East County

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Jumbo Medjool dates from the 2026 harvest measured against a ruler at Desert Sun Dates — about two inches long
Medjool Dates

White Stuff on Dates: Sugar Bloom or Mold? A Farmer’s 10-Second Check

That white film on your dates is almost always crystallized sugar, not mold. A date farmer's 10-second look-touch-smell check, plus how to reverse sugaring.

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Sealed 2 lb container of Desert Sun Dates California Medjool dates with the farm label facing forward
Medjool Dates

Corporate & Client Gifts: California Farm Dates They’ll Actually Remember

Corporate gifts clients actually remember: fresh California farm dates with your printed note, no invoice inside, shipping included — universally appropriate (vegan, kosher-frien

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Sealed 2 lb container of Desert Sun Dates California Medjool dates with the farm label facing forward
Medjool Dates

Date Paste: The 5-Minute Farm Method (One Ingredient)

Date paste in five minutes, farm method: one ingredient plus water, the 1:1 sugar conversion, storage times, and the honest economics — $29 of fresh Medjool equals $40 in store-b

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Fresh California Medjool dates
Medjool Dates

What Are Dayri Dates?

Dayri (sometimes spelled Dairi or Derrie) is one of the old Iraqi varieties — a long, slender, dark red-brown date sometimes called the “monastery date,” from the Ara

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Medjool versus other date varieties
Medjool Dates

What Are Black Gold Dates?

“Black Gold” is a trade name you may have seen at Southern California farmers markets — used by a desert grower for a very dark, molasses-rich date selection. It&#821

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Fresh California Medjool dates
Medjool Dates

What Are Empress Dates?

Empress dates are a true Coachella Valley original — a variety selected by one of the valley’s pioneering date-farming families in Indio and still grown almost nowhere else

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Fresh Coachella Valley dates
Medjool Dates

What Are Khadrawy Dates?

Khadrawy (also spelled Khadrawi) is the connoisseur’s soft date — a dark, reddish-brown Iraqi variety famous for a melt-in-your-mouth texture that even Medjool fans concede

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