Bui. 1457, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture 
Plate 4 
B 
Baskets and Shipping Crates Made from Palm Leaves 
A.— Market day in a village in Fayum. Baskets made from braided date-leaf pinnae literally- 
covering an acre of ground were sold to dealers from Cairo 
B. — Shipping crates made from date-leaf midribs. These crates were used in packing date- 
palm offshoots shipped from Giza via Alexandria. New York, the Panama Canal, and 
San Pedro to the Cnited States Experiment Date Garden at Indio. Calif. They con- 
tained an average of 20 offshoots each, weighing when packed about 400 pounds 
