UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
DEPARTMENT BULLETIN No. 1457 
on, D. C. 
May, 1927 
DATE CULTURE IN EGYPT AND THE SUDAN 
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By • AU 
SILAS C. MASON, Horticulturist 
Office of Crop Physiology and Breeding, Bureau of Plant Industry 
CONTENTS 
Page 
Regions and Conditions of Date Culture 1 
Leading Commercial Varieties 9 
Satellite Seedlings 30 
Consumption of Dates in the Hard-Ripe Stage . . . . .31 
Cultural Operations . 34 
Utilizing Date-Pa!m By-Producta 55 
Comparatire Height of Egyptian Date Palms 60 
The Tree-Climber's Craft 64 
Landscape Value of the Date Palm 66 
Summary . 68 
Literature Cited 70 
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UNITED STATES 
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 
WASHINGTON 
1927 
