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FRUIT CKOWINC. 



Meteorological data relatiug to iJic three great ilimatic zones of Egypt and 

 the Sudan and the varieties of date palms c/iaractcristic of each type 

 of clifnatt^. 



Zone and localilv 



U B 



S uhlrnpical sea hi la rd. 



Alexandria 



Port Said 



Oizeh 



Abbasia 



Subtropical da^crt. 



Bedrasheii 



Helouaii . . ' 54 



Fayoum 



Siout (Assioiit) ! 53 



Dakleh 36 



Assouaji 



39 



7 ropical dcaerl. 



Ihrim — 



Wadi Haifa ' 34 



Merowe 24 



Albara 38 



Khan ouni 1 33 



68 20°. 1 7 i 2i".3i 

 74 1 20°.53 2i°.59 



69 i9°.6o 21". 59 

 62 2i''.og 23°.i5 



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Varieties of date palms 



cultivated 

 in the different localities 



1 138 \ 



I 21'- i-^S^^^J'' An^ri, Bint Aischa, 



\ Hayany, Kobi, Samany, 



1211^ Zagloul. 



1508 



Amhat, llamrawi, Hayany, 

 vSiwah. 



Saidy, Sultan y, Tamr, Ham- 

 rawi, Falig. Barakawi, <iBar- 

 tamoda»; Codeila, ((Ibrimin». 



ilbrimi", Barakawa, Benta- 

 nioda, C.ondeila, Kosba, 

 Kultna. 



tamoda, Bint Aischa, Hayany, Saidy, Samany or Rhashedi, Siwak, Tamr 

 and Zagloul). The others are seed trees, producing cheap inferior fruit. 



The date cultivation in the Nile valley extends almost uninterruptedly 

 from the Mediterranean coast to Khartoum, for about 1123 miles. This 

 is the tract where, from north to south, it occupies the largest continual 

 extent existing in the world. Bextween Alexandria and Khartoum, which 

 are the otitermost points of this cultivation, there is a difference of 10.6° C 

 in the mean annual temperature, and the corresponding mean moisture 

 ranges from 74 '*„ at Port Said to 24 ",', only in the ]>rovince of Dongola, 



