. Dates of Egypt and the Sudan. comparison with table 9 of BulletinNo. 53, referred to, it will be seen that localities having such low sum-mations are not counted in the possible date-growing territory, except Bui. 271, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. Plate I. 3028 26 28 30° 32° 34 36° oasis^ siwahJ M E D T °K^ ERptANEAN S ^^^^/*^ ^\\ **&-. cZ?\% ^—^ .... | yj /** SA/H/EH ^p JO26 20 /6°/4 1 L 1 B Y A N ~^N vj ^^.s \ OASIS JSf C \ BAHAKIEU / 26-24- D E y?E R /t^^AStS OFF^RAFREH -J La_ :: t§ \ 4— OASIS OF ^—S^jjfrTDAKHLEM^-. „,,^r*£l, HHARGETHfsiS OF\KHARGEH: * 20- s u jRWAOf, if*, 0 T WL&4 ia
. Dates of Egypt and the Sudan. comparison with table 9 of BulletinNo. 53, referred to, it will be seen that localities having such low sum-mations are not counted in the possible date-growing territory, except Bui. 271, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. Plate I. 3028 26 28 30° 32° 34 36° oasis^ siwahJ M E D T °K^ ERptANEAN S ^^^^/*^ ^\\ **&-. cZ?\% ^—^ .... | yj /** SA/H/EH ^p JO26 20 /6°/4 1 L 1 B Y A N ~^N vj ^^.s \ OASIS JSf C \ BAHAKIEU / 26-24- D E y?E R /t^^AStS OFF^RAFREH -J La_ :: t§ \ 4— OASIS OF ^—S^jjfrTDAKHLEM^-. „,,^r*£l, HHARGETHfsiS OF\KHARGEH: * 20- s u jRWAOf, if*, 0 T WL&4 ia~ ■ DON 1* |< G Ok L A /1* fe jP^ABUHAEROH/E \\ *f£D J 14- stati /T M/LES 9ERBERWTBARA \ ro o so /oo /soEXPLANATION %XHARTUM { rAr/aAW\ - BOAT. CAMEL CARAVANOU/N CARAVAN Tm/lS. 1 -— u 26° 30 32° 32 34° Map of Egypt and the Sudan, Showing the Route of Travel, and the LocalitiesWhere Dates Were Studied. Bui. 271, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. Plate Fig. 1.—A Grove of Hayany Dates on Sandy, Unirrigated Soil near Ramleh, on the Mediterranean Coast. Ground water is found at a depth of about li or 15 feet. 1 ^nm-m ■ f : ;• * BP!ft$t .^ ^^pv^-wr-#*f ^7 LT*~ >-L Fig. 2.—Dates and Vines North of the Railroad Track, East of Ramleh,Planted in Deep Trenches in the Sand So That Their Roots May ReachGround Water. Note the sand drift in the foreground. DATES OF EGYPT AND THE SUDAN. V for a few exceptionally early This apparent discrepancy maybe explained for United States localities by the frost interference inthe spring and fall, while the Nile delta region is practically frostless;the coast entirely so, while the Gizeh district is subject to rare andonly light frosts. With frost immunity in autumn, the dates of theEgyptian maritime belt may hang on the trees, slowly maturing, evenafter the mean temperature falls below ° F., as it does by the firstto the middle of November. It must be remembered, too, that these
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