Shmuel's Wine-Flavored Dates

The sharecropper of Shmuel brought him dates. Shmuel ate them and tasted the taste of wine in them. He said to his sharecropper: “What is this?” The sharecropper said to him: “The date palms stand among the grapevines and therefore the dates contain a taste of wine from the grapes.” Shmuel said: “Do they weaken the wine, i.e., the grapevines, so much that it is possible to taste the wine in the dates? Tomorrow, cut down the date palms and bring me from their marrow (i.e., hearts of palm) to eat.”