Phoenix theophrasti ancient Greek ‘father of botany,’ had described several types of palms, including one from Crete. Apart from the usually inedible dates and upright fruit clusters, the Cretan species can appear quite similar to the cultivated date ("Phoenix dactylifera"). "Phoenix theophrasti" grows up to 15 m tall, usually with several slender stems. The leaves are pinnate, 2–3 m long, with numerous rigid greyish-green linear leaflets 15–50 cm long on each side of the central rachis. Dead leaves are marcescent, remaining attached to the stem for years after withering. The fruit is an oval yellowish-brown drupe 1.5 cm long and 1 cm
Tree Top source. Eight fruit processing facilities located along the western United States near the orchards and field of local growers allow the company to use fresh fruits and berries such as strawberries, apricots and grapes to create purees, fruit preps, and nectars in addition to the apple and pear products and ingredients for which it has been known. Tree Top's fruit products are sold throughout the Western United States and distributed by others in many other countries. Tree Top Tree Top, Inc. was the first grower-owned fruit processing cooperative in the United States. 1,100 apple and pear growers in Washington, Idaho,