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



PLATE XXII. 



THREE-YEAR-OLD DEGLET MOOR DATE PALM IN FRUIT, GROWING IN THE COOPERATIVE 

 DATE ORCHARD AT TEMPE, ARIZ., FROM AN OFFSHOOT IMPORTED FROM THE SAHARA 

 DESERT IN JULY, 1900. PHOTOGRAPHED AUGUST, 1903. 



