. Date varieties and date culture in Tunis. ar-acteristic drooping of the long-stalked fruit clusters. Fig. 2.—Lagoo palm,showing horizontal or erect short-stalked fruit clusters. Fig. 3.—The town ofNefta, a community supported almost entirely by date culture. Plate VII. Fig. 1.—Full-grown Fteemy palms in a hollow, oasis of El 2.—A plantation of 6-year-old date palms at the edge of Nefta oasis, inland that was formerly covered with an efflorescence of salts. The varietiesrepresented are Fteemy, Okht Fteemy, and Deglet Noor (a Fteemy palm nearthe center in the foreground). The arra
. Date varieties and date culture in Tunis. ar-acteristic drooping of the long-stalked fruit clusters. Fig. 2.—Lagoo palm,showing horizontal or erect short-stalked fruit clusters. Fig. 3.—The town ofNefta, a community supported almost entirely by date culture. Plate VII. Fig. 1.—Full-grown Fteemy palms in a hollow, oasis of El 2.—A plantation of 6-year-old date palms at the edge of Nefta oasis, inland that was formerly covered with an efflorescence of salts. The varietiesrepresented are Fteemy, Okht Fteemy, and Deglet Noor (a Fteemy palm nearthe center in the foreground). The arrangement of the lands for irrigationand a young crop of alfalfa among the palms are shown. Plate VIII. Dates, natural size. (1) Deglet Noor variety; (2) Menakhervariety. Plate IX. Dates, natural size. (1) Tronja variety; (2) Boo Affar variety. Plate X. Dates, natural size. (1) Horra variety; (2) Kenta variety; (3)Fteemy variety; (4) Mokh Begry variety. 92 112 o Bui. 92, Bureau of Plant Industry, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. Plate Fig. Land in the Midst of Tozer Oasis.
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