. Date varieties and date culture in Tunis. Fig. 3.—Laborer hold-ing a messah, orshort-handled Fig. 4.—Date pickerholding a men-gel, or straight-bladed sickle, usedfor cutting off thebunches of dates. a The belief among the natives is that an offshoot must receive plenty ofmoonlight in order to become a strong palm ! 6 Illustrated in Bui. 130, Office of Experiment Stations, U. S. Dept. of Agri-culture, 1903, p. PREPARING THE LAND FOR DATE PALMS. 45 shank and blade made in one piece of wrought iron and fitted witha wooden handle. It somewhat resembles a sickle, but has a straight,he
. Date varieties and date culture in Tunis. Fig. 3.—Laborer hold-ing a messah, orshort-handled Fig. 4.—Date pickerholding a men-gel, or straight-bladed sickle, usedfor cutting off thebunches of dates. a The belief among the natives is that an offshoot must receive plenty ofmoonlight in order to become a strong palm ! 6 Illustrated in Bui. 130, Office of Experiment Stations, U. S. Dept. of Agri-culture, 1903, p. PREPARING THE LAND FOR DATE PALMS. 45 shank and blade made in one piece of wrought iron and fitted witha wooden handle. It somewhat resembles a sickle, but has a straight,heavy, saw-edged blade nearly at right angles to the shank (fig. 4).One man then grasps the offshoot and pulls down on it, while an-other, armed with a chisel or a pick, pries it loose at its point ofjunction with the parent tree. The remaining roots are now cutoff, and the sucker is ready to be planted. The cost of thus remov-ing a sucker is generally 6 cents. If the offshoot is to be transported a considerable distance beforeit is planted, it must be protected from drying by a wrapping of thec
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