. Dates of Egypt and the Sudan. ays of this variety are grown only in small numbers, and the fruit is usually keptfor presents or to offer to guests. It reaches Cairo only on special ardeb (320 pounds) is priced at 154 piasters (about $) per 100 of Agriculture W. A. Davie quotes an ardeb of Gondela at 100 to 120piasters (equivalent to $ to $) per 100 pounds. The Gondeila was given by the leading men at Merowe and by Col. H. W. Jackson,Governor of the province, as one of their four chief varieties, ranking next to Barakawiin numbers and impor
. Dates of Egypt and the Sudan. ays of this variety are grown only in small numbers, and the fruit is usually keptfor presents or to offer to guests. It reaches Cairo only on special ardeb (320 pounds) is priced at 154 piasters (about $) per 100 of Agriculture W. A. Davie quotes an ardeb of Gondela at 100 to 120piasters (equivalent to $ to $) per 100 pounds. The Gondeila was given by the leading men at Merowe and by Col. H. W. Jackson,Governor of the province, as one of their four chief varieties, ranking next to Barakawiin numbers and importance. With others this variety is said to have been brought originally from the Sukkotcountry, which the Dongola people say possessed the date first. Various authoritiesagree that this date can now be found in small numbers in the region about Aswan, towhich country many date offshoots have been brought down the river from number of trees said to be of this variety were shown to the writer at Aswan in Feb-ruary, Fig. 5.—Outlines of the Gondeila date from Merowe, Dongola Prov-ince, Sudan: A, Freshly ripe; B, cured. (Natural size.) Bui. 271, U, S. Dept. of Agriculture. PLATE IX.
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