Dates fob Native Trade 185 



Packing Shed at Busreh, Arabia 193 



Packing Dates in the Sahara 201 



Packing Dates at Busreh, Arabia 209 



Arab Packing "de Luxe" 217 



Export Dates at Busreh, Arabia 225 



Date Packers at Busreh, Arabia 233 



Harvesting Dates 241 



How They Pack Dates at Busreh, Arabia 249 



Home of the Fardh Date 257 



Halawi Palms at Busreh, Arabia 265 



An Oasis in the Sahara Desert 273 



Killed to Make Palm Wine 281 



Berket al Hajji Palm 289 



Fifty Pound Bunch of Deglet Nurs i:93 



Fardh Palms in Samail Valley, Arabia 297 



Khalaseh Dates from Hasa, Oman 301 



Majhul Dates of Tafilalet, Morocco 305 



