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FRUITS 



and comparatively little is left over for export. It is from 

 the Valley of the Euphrates that the chief export of dates 

 takes place. Here are the famous groves of Bussorah which 

 form ' an almost unbroken line of from one to three miles in 



DATE PALM AND FRUIT 



depth along both banks of the Euphrates and Shat-el-Arab, 

 from Medinhab to the sea, that is for more than 140 miles '. 

 They yield from 40,000 to 60,000 tons of dates annually. 



Not only are there these millions of date palms in the 

 Valleys of the Nile and Euphrates, but they are also found 



