. Date varieties and date culture in Tunis. branches of the fruit clusters are deep orange colored. Rare in the Jerid, common in Algeria. A date remarkable for its round shape and very soft, almost black flesh. Flavor peculiar and characteristic, even perfectly ripe fruit re-taining a certain amount of astringency. Number of offshoots imported (from the Jerid), 5. Tozer Zaid Safra a (p. 100) .—Fruit H to lf inches long, one-half to two-thirds as wide as long, oblong or oblong egg-shaped, widest near the middle, broad, and rounded at apex,not keeping its shape well when preserved;the flesh 1^ l
. Date varieties and date culture in Tunis. branches of the fruit clusters are deep orange colored. Rare in the Jerid, common in Algeria. A date remarkable for its round shape and very soft, almost black flesh. Flavor peculiar and characteristic, even perfectly ripe fruit re-taining a certain amount of astringency. Number of offshoots imported (from the Jerid), 5. Tozer Zaid Safra a (p. 100) .—Fruit H to lf inches long, one-half to two-thirds as wide as long, oblong or oblong egg-shaped, widest near the middle, broad, and rounded at apex,not keeping its shape well when preserved;the flesh 1^ lines thick, extremely soft andsirupy, nearly black; the relatively largeseed about one-half as long as the fruit,two-fifths to one-half as wide as long,light brown. (Fig. 37.) The leaves arelong and very numerous, with short stalks,almost concealing the fruit clusters. Common in the Jerid. Flavor charac-teristic, resembling that of Baydh Ham-not attractive to the writer, Fig. 36.—Outlines of Tanta-boosht seed and fruit.(Natural size.). Fig. 37.—Outlines of Tozer ZaidSafra seed and fruit. (Naturalsize.) mam (p. 76),but much appreciated by the eaten fresh, but sometimespreserved for a short time in heavily. Fruit ripens in thelatter part of October. Said at Neftato be one of the four most salt-resistantvarieties. Number of offshoots im-ported, 9. Tozer Zaid Khala & (p. 100) .—Fruit1J to If inches long, three-fifths totwo-thirds as wide, inversely egg-shaped or oblong, broad and roundedat apex, not keeping its shape well
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