Bui. 1125, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 



Plate VII. 



Fig. I . — Offshoots of Saidy Dates as They Arrived at the Packing Sheds 

 OF THE Horticultural Experiment Station, Gizeh, Egypt. 



Photographed by the author in May, 1920. 



Fig. 2. — One of the 450 Crates Used in Packing the 9,000 Date-Palm 

 Offshoots Shipped from Gizeh, Egypt, to Indio, Calif. 



Photographed by' the author'in'May, 1920. 



