. Bulletin. Agriculture. 72 DATE VARIETIES AND DATE CULTURE IN TUNIS. does not thrive well so near the sea. The fruit is the largest and finest i:)rodiiced by any variety of the dry date class. This, indeed, can be regarded as a connecting link between the dry dates and some of the firni-fleshed type of soft dates (Khalt Horraowia, Khalt Mooa- shem, etc.). Horra dates ripen in September and October. The flesh becomes quite solid in the ripe fruit, but is never extremely hard and dry. It has the characteristic nutty flavor of the dry dates, but is much riclier than most of them. It is at its be
. Bulletin. Agriculture. 72 DATE VARIETIES AND DATE CULTURE IN TUNIS. does not thrive well so near the sea. The fruit is the largest and finest i:)rodiiced by any variety of the dry date class. This, indeed, can be regarded as a connecting link between the dry dates and some of the firni-fleshed type of soft dates (Khalt Horraowia, Khalt Mooa- shem, etc.). Horra dates ripen in September and October. The flesh becomes quite solid in the ripe fruit, but is never extremely hard and dry. It has the characteristic nutty flavor of the dry dates, but is much riclier than most of them. It is at its best only when perfectly mature. Europeans who are acquainted with this date praise it highly. Du Paty de Clam" pronounces it a " rival of the Deglet [Noor]." The commandant of the French garrison at Kebili likes it better than the Deglet Noor, and gives it the preference over all other varieties for planting in his garden. Not only is it highly esteemed by the natives, but it is said to be exported to Europe and even to France. The caid of Kebili ranks it among the seven best-keep- ing varieties of the Nefzaoua. It is a medium early sort, ripening in the latter part of October. The palms have not a very vigorous look, yet they appear to be resistant to alkali in the soil and to thrive with less irrigation than such varieties as Deglet Noor and Fteemy. Forty- FiG. of Horra seed and ^,j i ^ offshoots of this Variety wcrc fruit. (Natural size.) '^ "^ imported. Nearly all of these were obtained in the Nefzaoua, as in the Jerid offshoots are scarce and the natives are reluctant to part with them. Kenta (p. 97).—A date of the dry type (PL X, fig. 2), 1^ to 1% inches long, about one-half as wide, narrowed from the middle or above it to the broad apex, dull bay colored when ripe, much of the skin loosened in large blisters in the ripe fruit, the flesh 1^ to 2 lines thick, the seed somewhat more than one-half as long as the fruit, rounded at both ends,
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