[Avodah] What's the berakha on hearts of palm?

[Arie Folger]

RMB worte:
> If the tree's major consumable is something other than
> a fruit, it could still be a ha'eitz. (However, they still are
> exempt from orlah - YD 194:2.) I assumed from RAF that
> hearts of palm are not taken from date or coconut trees,
> and therefore they themselves are this particular kind
> of palm's primary food product.

Yes, indeed, you captured all my assumptions correctly. I do hope I
understood the issue correctly. Up until now, I have been making
haadama, because I thought it was the secondary product of the tree,
for example, from a date palm, though I also assumed it was cultivated
for this purpose. But when researching how it is grown, I started
becoming confused.

While I must admit I cannot recalled having learned the gemara cited
in this regard (thought I might have), I would still wonder whether
the gemara was talking about the same kind of product. Was it also
harvested from the same kind of palms as today? Or did it come from
palms bearing other, more primary fruits?

The fact that the current recommendations found on the internet differ
so widely (shehakol, haadama and ha'etz) shows that I am not the only
confused soul. Thank you all for the pointers.
-- 
Arie Folger,
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