. Bulletin. Agriculture. VARIETIES OF rRIMAltV 1MP()I1TAN<'E. (H The leaves (PI. \) are l()n<i- and hroad and rather stiff and heavy, crowded with xcrv nnnu'r(tiis lono; loaHets, and their stalks are armed almost throniiiiiiiit their length with Ion":, stout spines. The fruit clusters are short and dense, their stalks bright yellow (not at all oranae), rather shoi-t. stout, and only moderately curved, so that the bundles do not liana" down below tiie leaA'es. as in the Decflet Noor, but are ahnost hidden l)y the l"olia<:-e. This sui)erb variety i)roduces fruit that is t
. Bulletin. Agriculture. VARIETIES OF rRIMAltV 1MP()I1TAN<'E. (H The leaves (PI. \) are l()n<i- and hroad and rather stiff and heavy, crowded with xcrv nnnu'r(tiis lono; loaHets, and their stalks are armed almost throniiiiiiiit their length with Ion":, stout spines. The fruit clusters are short and dense, their stalks bright yellow (not at all oranae), rather shoi-t. stout, and only moderately curved, so that the bundles do not liana" down below tiie leaA'es. as in the Decflet Noor, but are ahnost hidden l)y the l"olia<:-e. This sui)erb variety i)roduces fruit that is thoualil by many of the natives, and even by some of the few EurojK'ans who have tasted it, to surpass the T)e<i:let Noor. In the writer's judiiiiient and that of several of his collea<]^ues who have given much attention to the subject of dates, as well as in the oi)inion of the exi)erts attached to two of the lar as the Deolet ; In color thev are generallv (hirker. The seed, though thick, is short in proportion to the length of the fruit, and it is very ditl'erenl in appearance from that of the Deglet Noor. The thick, translucent flesh, although soft and sirupy at the moment of ripening becomes firm when preserved, just as does that of the Deglet Noor. At the same time, it does not be- come dry and hard after a few months, as in most of the dry dates. If preserved Avith any care, Mena- kher dates keej) their shape admirably. Those that were examined and tasted by the writer after having been kept for three or four months in the houses of natives showed themselves to be in all respects equal to the Deglet Noor in keeping quality. As in that variety, the "Samples of Menakher and of Deglet Noor dates have recently (December 5, 1905) been received by the writer, through the kindness of Mr. Louis Grech, of Neftn, In southern Tnnis. A comparison of the two shows that in volume (de- termined by the disi)laeement of water) the former average 15 c. c. and the lat- t
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