Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 102
not be packed.The date, instead of decaying on the tree ordropping off when it is ripe, remains in thecluster and begins to dry. In two weeks afterdead ripeness, the dates are dry enough topack in boxes, their heavy content of sugarhaving preserved them. When the tramp ship arrived, it took on… … DATK-PALM^ IN ALGERIA, AFRICA 66 TWO YOUNG AMERICANS VENTURE FOR DATES addition, the Popenoes shipped casks contain-ing one hundred tons of fresh water to sup-ply moisture to the palms at sea. When the vessel had taken on this cargo,it steamed on the long journey around Arabiato the Island of Ormuz…
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