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More than one million Date Palm Trees are grown in Saudi Arabia

Lateral Buds

In this rectangular photograph the lateral buds appear in the center, about two feet of the trunk is seen in the bottom half and the area where the leaves meet the trunk of the date palm tree, but no whole leaves are visible, in the upper half of the image. The lateral buds are yellow in color and attached to the tree by thin green stems. They look like tassels, four large groups, hanging down in the middle of tree where the leaves meet the tree. The trunk is shades of brown and the stock and bottom part of the spiky leaves seen are green.

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Lateral Buds of the Date Palm Tree are seen in this picture not long after they appeared.

Yellow Dates

In this rectangular photograph one large hanging group of yellow dates takes up almost the entire picture. The dates look like a bunch of grapes but with a thousand or two dates attached to a thick stem. On the right hand side of the image you can see part of the brownish trunk and at the top you can see the bottom of a few spiky green leaves.

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Yellow Dates are shown in this photograph and some of the dates are harvested at this stage and are a delicious treat.

Ripe Dates

In this rectangular photograph 3 large groups of hanging dates are wrapped with light brown loosely woven burlap and you can barely see the ripe dates underneath. You can see about 2 feet of the brownish grey trunk of the tree at the bottom and the bottom part of the leaves where they meet the trunk are seen in the upper half of the image.

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Ripe Datesare wrapped with loosely woven burlap and allowed to dry on the tree before they are harvested.

Horticultural experts believe the cultivation of the Date Palm Tree started around 6000 bc and is a tree with many uses. The wood and leaves provide timber and fabric for houses and fences. The leaves are used for making ropes, cord, baskets, crates and furniture. The base of the leaves and the fruit stalks are used as fuel. The fruit yields food products such as young yellow dates, dried dates, date vinegar, date chutney and date paste for bakery products. Only young trees, between three and seven years old, bear flowers. The lateral buds of older trees bear the fruit as seen in the first photograph.

Dates are highly nutritious, with a sugar content of ripe dates about 80%, and the remainder is a rich blend of protein, fat and mineral products including copper, sulfur, iron, magnesium and fluoric acid.

Saudi Arabia donates approximately 16,000 tons of its annual production of 500,000 tons of dates to the World Food Program. There are about 150 different varieties of dates, the most popular and most expensive is Anbara.

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It is the custom in Saudi Arabia to break a fast during Ramadan by eating dried dates and drinking a cup of tea.

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