L86 SEEDS A.ND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



15000 to 15210— Continued. 



five-ninths as long a- the fruit, slender. The foliage is luxuriant, and the 

 numerous leaves arc long, wide, and crowded with long, broad leaflets. In 

 color they are decidedly bluish, owing to the presence of a heavy, white bloom. 

 Altho inferior in Savor to the Deglel Noor this is unquestionably an excel- 

 lent variety, greatly excelling the Deglel Noor in vigor, rapid growth, early 

 productiveness, and large yields. The oblong fruit, when ripe, is of line nil- 

 dish purple color, very rich in flavor, extremely sweet, and so soft and sirupy 

 as to melt in the mouth when fresh. It can not be eaten In great quantity, 

 however, without cloying. It becomes very sticky and is therefore less satis- 

 factory as a dessert fruit than the Deglet Noor. This variety is considered 



one of the most productive, giving a g Icropevery year. Is a late ripening 



variety, its fruit beginning to mature in quantity at the same time a- the 

 Deglei Noor, about November 1. It ranks among the four most alkali- resistant 

 varieties. 



15019. Gasby. 



A third-class "soft '" variety; fruit 1 ; to a little ..\ er 2 inches long, about two- 

 fifths as wide, oblong, often conspicuously curved, very dark prune purple, 

 with a conspicuous bloom when ripe, the surface dull, the skin rather tough, 

 I brown where loosened from the flesh; the flesh I line thick, dark col- 

 ored, remaining rather soft; the slender seed five-ninths to three-fifths as long 



as the fruit, two-sevenths t le-third as wide as long, russet brown, often 



curved. The stalks and I. ranches of the fruit clusters are deep orange colored. 



Ripens very early. A handsome, long, dark-colored, generally curved date. 

 Flavor is of the Lagoo type, rather attractive, suggesting that of raisins. It is 

 said to keep very well. 



15020. I 



Fruit said to resemble Kenteeshy in color: described as sweeter and better 

 flavored than < lasby. 



15021. Guern-el-Rhaal 



Said to be a long, .-lender, curved date, with a -tone unusually large and a 

 thin flesh. 



15022. Goondy. 



A third-class "soft" variety; fruit about 1| inches long, about one-half as 

 wide, obovoid-oblong, keeping its shape fairly well when preserved, hay to 

 maroon colored when ripe; the flesh about lj lines thick, dark colored, 

 remaining rath. ■ seed five-eighths a- long as the fruit, about one- 



third as wide a- long. The -talks and branches of the fruit cluster- are bright 

 orange colored. Said to ripen as early as September 15. 



t and agreeable, hut not of pronounced flavor; of the Lagoo type-. 



15023. / laia. 



A second-class "dry"' date; fruit l. l ; to ljj inches long, about on, -half as 

 wide, elliptical in outline, not conspicuously narrower 1 at the apex, widest Dear 

 the middle, dull purplish hay when ripe: the flesh 1 to 1 .' lines thick, becoming 

 very firm and dry; the seed about seven-tenths as long as the fruit and one- 

 third to two-fifths as wide a> long. The branches of the fruit clusters are pale 

 orange. 



.Much like the Lemsy, but the fruit is even smaller. It ripens rather early 

 and is generally eaten fresh, becoming hard and dry when preserved. 



15024. Halouaia. 



15025. Hdmra, or Ilamraia. 



A third-class •"dry" date; fruit l 1 , to '2 inches long, about one-half as wide, 

 i >void, tapering from near the base ti > the rounded apex, bright purplish maroon 

 whenripe; the flesh 1 too lines thick, becoming quite firm, the dark-colored outer 

 zone thicker than the white central portion: the seed two-thirds to four-fifths as 

 long as the fruit, generally about two-fifths as wide as long, sometimes with 

 strongly developed winglike ridges on the side-. The stalks and branches of 

 the fruit clusters are orange colored. 



One of the largest and most showy of the - ' dry ' ' dates. Much resembles llorra 



