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BULLETIN 1457, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
Fig. 2. — Outlines of Amri dates in the rutab (fresh) stage (natural size) : 
A. Normal type ; B, exceptional size, from Roma plantation near Birket el 
Haggi, Egypt, October 12, 1921. In the outline marked with an asterisk (*) 
the germ pore is absent 
