Inventory 34, Seeds and Plants Innported. 



Plate III. 



Fruiting Tree of the Menakher Date Palm. (S. P. I. No. 35083.) 



One of the rarest varieties of Tunis, known only in the Jerid Oasis, where it has become rare. A 

 very large date of excellent flavor and adapted to cultivation in the Southwest. An Arab is 

 leaning against the Menakher palm. (Photographed by T. H. Kearney Nov. 2, 1904; No. 2274.) 



