. Dates of Egypt and the Sudan. Fairchild. The shipment was from Alexandria in the spring of 1901. Twooffshoots with this name, under S. P. I. No. 6438, were planted in the CooperativeDate Garden at Tempe, Ariz. Of the same shipment one tree, labeled DakarMajahel, S. P. I. No. 6442, was very tardy in flowering, but finally proved to beHayany or a near equivalent. Of a shipment of offshoots secured through Mr. Fair-child from Mr. Em. C. Zervudachi, in October, 1901, six trees were labeled Birketel Haggi and were planted at Tempe, under S. P. I. No. 7635. Three other trees ofthe same lot
. Dates of Egypt and the Sudan. Fairchild. The shipment was from Alexandria in the spring of 1901. Twooffshoots with this name, under S. P. I. No. 6438, were planted in the CooperativeDate Garden at Tempe, Ariz. Of the same shipment one tree, labeled DakarMajahel, S. P. I. No. 6442, was very tardy in flowering, but finally proved to beHayany or a near equivalent. Of a shipment of offshoots secured through Mr. Fair-child from Mr. Em. C. Zervudachi, in October, 1901, six trees were labeled Birketel Haggi and were planted at Tempe, under S. P. I. No. 7635. Three other trees ofthe same lot, from which the labels had been lost, were planted without S. P. and as soon as they fruited were identified by the writer as being the sameas those under No. 7635. Studies made by the writer from 1909 to 1912 established clearly the identity ofthese Birket el Haggi trees with the trees labeled Hayany, and probably also ofthe No. 6442, though its very tardy fruiting is not characteristic of the variety. As thevariety. offshoots, and productive of a fruitwhich, if not of the highest qual-ity, contains more sugar than itdevelops in Egypt, it has beenvery popular with the people ofthe Salt Kiver Valley. It soonattracted rather widespread noticeand has been more highly indorsedby the staff of the Arizona experi-ment station as a variety likely tobe more profitable under their con-
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