Bui. 1457, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture 
Plate 3 
Date-Palm Products and By-Products 
A.— A trader's warehouse in Fayum, Egypt. A camel caravan has just arrived from Baharia 
Oasis loaded with "Wahi" dates— the trade name for the Saidy date. Four of the 
85-pound packages make a camel load 
B— An old Egyptian basket maker. The braid this worker is sewing is plaited from the 
pinna? of the date leaves, and as he uses his thread he twists it between his palms from 
shredded date pinnae and hides his stitches so deftly that it is difficult to discover where 
the braid is joined 
