I HAVE FRESH CANARY ISLAND DATE PALM SEEDS, WASHINGTONIA ROBUSTA, WASHINGTONIA FILIFERA, AND TRACHYCARPUS FORTUNEI. ALL OF THEM FRESH, CIDP HARVESTED IN NOVEMBER ALLREADY CLEANNED, REST OF THEM HARVESTED IN DECEMBER AND UNCLEANNED. WANT TO GET BUTIA CAPITATA. WAITING FOR CONTACT.

I have the same problem with my Butia,, Its in a 25 gal container,,been in same container for 10 years,,,Anyway you look at it,,,you will have to protect it ,,,alot less then me,,,for sure!! But what else do you do with it...Good luck!! Bill

I am posting links to photos of the 20 seeds out of 100. Are these all BUTIA YATAY seeds? http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/90/butiayatayseeds2.jpg/ Please see the second photo in the link below. Thanks! Here is a link that might be useful: Are these all BUTIA YATAY seeds?

People do eat the nuts! I tried one (the embryos that I cracked open), and they tasted a little bit like coconut, but with less taste. My son loves to eat the ripe fruit! People in Brazil, where I grew up, make all sorts of desserts with the fruit. Here in South Carolina (and in other parts of the South), people make jelly from the ripe fruit. I have also heard that some people make a sort of "coffee" from the nuts. I have MUCH more research that I need to do! Right now I am preparing the cracked nuts (I understand that you have to keep them extremely clean in order to germinate them), as well as some unbroken ones. I will see which ones germinate the best.