DATE-GROWING. 



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amount of water available to the Taleri Bagh trees seems to 

 be responsible for the differences in both quality and quantity 

 of the fruits. In the Multan Jail garden, it was also noticed 

 that the fruits were larger and of better quality on trees near 

 water channels, but in situations where there is a plentiful water- 

 supply, these young trees are of course bigger and more robust 

 than those of the same age in less fortunate situations. The 

 case is, however, one which shows the very great importance of 

 a plentiful water-supply to young plantations. 



85. The comparative sizes and shapes of the fruits and 

 seeds produced at Muzaffargarh in 1915 by 



Comparison of 



fruits from imported three different varieties of date trees imported 



trees growing at . ... 



Muzaffargarh and from Basra in 1910 and from four varieties of 



from local trees . 



growing in the dis- local trees in the same district can be seen 

 from illustration No. 39, pages 112c and H2d 

 respectively. The Khadrawi, Hellawi, and Zaydi are the Basra 

 varieties and the Alipur Cbhohara, Khaji Nalian, Ghatti, and 

 Gadri are local. The fruits were average samples of those 

 produced by these trees in the gardens last year. 



A further comparison of these fruits can be made from 

 Table No. XXI below. 



TABLE XXI. 



Showing the number of date fruits per Ib. approximately ; the weight of seeds 

 got from these and the percentage of cellulose (fibre] in the pulp in the case 

 of 7 varieties of dates grown in Muzaffargarh District. 



NOTE. The figures in the column " percentage of cellulose in the fruits " were got for me 

 by the Agricultural Chemist, Punjab, from fruits which I supplied to him from the samples 

 out of which I got the data for the other columns in the above statement. 



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