. Bulletin. Agriculture. 88 DATE VARIETIES AND DATE CtTLTURE IN Fig. 43.— of Ammary seed and fruit. (Natural size.) and dark colored; the seed about two-thirds as long as the fruit about two-fifths as wide as long, blunt at both ends. (Fig. 48.) The stalks and branches of the fruit clusters are orange colored. Foliage coarse and heavy, leaves very numerous, rather short stalked, with long, wide leaflets. Common in the Jerid, the Nefzaoua, at Gabes, and in Algeria. Is the earliest maturing variety in Tunis, ripening in the Jerid in August (or even the middle of July, according
. Bulletin. Agriculture. 88 DATE VARIETIES AND DATE CtTLTURE IN Fig. 43.— of Ammary seed and fruit. (Natural size.) and dark colored; the seed about two-thirds as long as the fruit about two-fifths as wide as long, blunt at both ends. (Fig. 48.) The stalks and branches of the fruit clusters are orange colored. Foliage coarse and heavy, leaves very numerous, rather short stalked, with long, wide leaflets. Common in the Jerid, the Nefzaoua, at Gabes, and in Algeria. Is the earliest maturing variety in Tunis, ripening in the Jerid in August (or even the middle of July, according to Masselot), and from September 1 to September 15 at Gabes. Said to give a good crop every year, and to be very productive. Fruit of rather medi- ocre quality. Number of offshoots im- ported, 12, all from the Jerid. GooNDY (p. 103).—Fruit about If inches long, about one-half as wide, inversely egg- shaped, oblong (broadest above the mid- dle), keeping its shape fairly well Avhen preserved, bay to maroon colored when ripe; the flesh about 1] lines thick, dark colored, remaining rather soft; the seed more than one-half as long as the fruit, about one-third as wide as long. (Fig. 44.) The stalks and l)ranches of the fruit clusters are bright orange colored. Foliage rather coarse, the leaves very numerous, short, and rather short stalked, the leaflets long and broad. Rather common in the Jerid, and said to occur also in the Nefzaoua and at Biskra, in Algeria. Sweet and of agreeable ])ut not pro- nounced flavor, of the Lagoo type. (See p. 80.) Ripens in the Jerid on October 20, according to Masselot, although the writer was told that it ripens sometimes as early as September 15. The fruit is preserved in skin bags for home use, but is not an article of commerce. Number of offshoots imported, 9, all from the Jerid. Karooy (p. 104).—Fruit If inches long, about one-half as wide, egg-shaped, nar- rowed from near the base to the rounded apex, keeping its shape fairly well when pre
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