272 DATEGROWING 



Najl al Pasha, Nazi, Nagl el Basha, Child of the 

 Pasha, a rare but highly esteemed Egyptian variety 

 which has produced notably good fruit in Arizona. 

 It is a large and long soft date, excellent when fresh, 

 (in which condition it is yellow and pulpy) , but equally 

 good when cured. It is then dark brown, the flesh 

 full of syrup but firm enough to be handled easily 

 and ship well. Some tasters have thought they 

 could distinguish a slight vanilla flavor in it. The 

 variety, which is similar in many characteristics to 

 Birket al Hajji, can be recommended for planting 

 in the United States. It matures in October in 

 Arizona, but should be considerably earlier ia a more 

 favored location. According to some writers the 

 name is properly Naql al Pasha, The Pasha's Dessert. 



Nakhleh Zlaneh, The Beautiful Palm, often 

 called by ungrammatical natives Degla Zayyin, 

 The Excellent Seedling; and in some districts Laun 

 al Kasbeh, which suggests that it is a Kasbeh seedling 

 in origin. A common and popular soft date of the 

 Ziban in Algeria, found more rarely over a much 

 larger area. Noted particularly for its heavj' yield, 

 which sometimes reaches 660 pounds, according to 

 native estimates. The date is described as of medium 

 size, dark golden brown in color, flesh firm but tender, 

 and of excellent flavor. When placed on the market 

 it brings as good a price as any variety except Deglet 

 Niir. Probably rather late in maturing; the specimens 

 in the United States have not yet reached a bearing 

 age. 



Nakhlet al Pasha, The Pasha 's Palm, an Egyptian 

 soft date growing at the Mecca Experiment Station in 



