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BULLETIN 1457, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
With the thick, loose skin removed, the soft, sticky flesh of the ripe 
fruit presents a " tawny olive " color, shading' within to near 
''colonial buff" (R. XXX). 14 The interior flesh is firmer than the 
of i; rge-fiuited late types of Hayany dates from El 
Egypt. October 11, 1921. (Natural size) 
outside, but still rather soft and fibrous, the whole thickness being 
about one-quarter inch. 
In the rutab stage this date is juicy, crisp, mildly sweet, with little 
<i stringency. Ripened, it is moderately sweet, not cloying, but lack- 
ing in fine flavor or distinctive bouquet. 
11 With the Hayany as grown at Indio, Calif., after being packed three months, the 
•ntire flesh, about one eighth inch thick, becomes close to "seal brown" in color. 
