THE BREEDING OF DATE PALMS 



Cluster of female flowers being tied together to hold the sprig of male flowers in place. It" 

 has been recognized from earliest times that date trees were of two kinds, sterile and fruit- 

 bearing, and that the product of the sterile trees was needed to insure the bearing of fruit. 

 (From Buh. 53, Bur. of Plant Industry. Loaned by the U. S. Dept. of Agriculture.) (Fig. 1.) 



