Bui. 1457, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture 
Plate 11 
Crates Made from Date-Leaf Midribs 
A.^Folding type of shipping crates made from date-leaf midribs. The crates here shown 
are such as are used for packing onions in the Coachella Valley in California. They 
were made by hand from material grown at the United States Experiment Date Garden, 
Indio, Calif. 
B. — Double-decked poultry crates made from date-palm midribs. Photographed on the 
railway platform at El Marg, Egypt, in 1921 
