. Date varieties and date culture in Tunis. 88 DATE VARIETIES AND DATE CULTURE IN TUNIS. and dark colored; the seed about two-thirds as long as the fruitabout two-fifths as wide as long, blunt at both ends. (Fig. 43.)The stalks and branches of the fruit clusters are orange coarse and heavy, leaves very numerous, rather short stalked,with long, wide leaflets. Common in the Jerid, the Nefzaoua, at Gabes, and in Algeria. Isthe earliest maturing variety in Tunis, ripening in the Jerid inAugust (or even the middle of July, according to Masselot), and from September 1 to September 15
. Date varieties and date culture in Tunis. 88 DATE VARIETIES AND DATE CULTURE IN TUNIS. and dark colored; the seed about two-thirds as long as the fruitabout two-fifths as wide as long, blunt at both ends. (Fig. 43.)The stalks and branches of the fruit clusters are orange coarse and heavy, leaves very numerous, rather short stalked,with long, wide leaflets. Common in the Jerid, the Nefzaoua, at Gabes, and in Algeria. Isthe earliest maturing variety in Tunis, ripening in the Jerid inAugust (or even the middle of July, according to Masselot), and from September 1 to September 15 at to give a good crop every year, and tobe very productive. Fruit of rather medi-ocre quality. Number of offshoots im-ported, 12, all from the Jerid. Goondy (p. 103).—Fruit about If incheslong, about one-half as wide, inversely egg-shapecl, oblong (broadest above the mid-dle), keeping its shape fairly well when^VaUt™ry preserved, bay to maroon colored when ripe; the flesh about 1| lines thick, darkcolored, remaining rather
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