You might ask: “How did Natural Delights get its start?” And a great follow-up question would be: “How did Medjool dates even make it to this country?” Because the first answer depends on the second.
You see, long ago, something called Bayoud disease nearly wiped out the date palm in Morocco. But thanks to a series of events, 11 offshoots were collected, brought to America and planted. Five didn’t make it, but what we call The Original Six, were relocated to Bard, California by Stanley Dillman in 1944.
