Bui. 53, Bureau of Plant Industry, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, 



PLATE VI. 



FIG. 1. NATIVE GARDENERS (ROUARA) AT OURLANA. ALGERIA, PREPARING 

 DATE OFFSHOOTS FOR SHIPMENT BY CAMEL BACK. 



FIG. 2.- 



-CARAVAN LOADED WITH DATE PALM OFFSHOOTS FOR ARIZONA, 

 STARTING FROM OURLANA NORTHWARD, MAY, 1900. 



FIG. 3. FINAL TRIMMING OF DATE OFFSHOOTS AT ALGIERS PREPARATORY 

 TO SHIPMENT TO AMERICA, JUNE, 1900. 



