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.
Dates Drying on a Date Palm Tree in Saudi Arabia


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

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