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A large number of date cultivars and varieties emerged through history of its cultivation, but the exact number is difficult to assess. Hussain and El-Zeid [1] (1975) have reported 400 varieties, while Nixon [2] (1954) named around 250. Most of those are limited to a particular region, and only a few dozen have attained broader commercial ...
A zahidi date. Zahidi (Arabic: زهدي) is a cultivar of the palm date that originated in Iraq. It has light brown skin. It is a semi-dry date of medium size that is very sweet. Zahidi dates ship well and are widely exported. [1] It is the most widely grown date cultivar in Iraq, with about 6 million planted trees as of 2015.
A trading company named Zaytoun Limited was established in 2004, and converted to a community interest company in 2008. [1] Zaytoun is supported by UK charity War on Want, amongst others. [2] They were awarded Fairtrade certification for their olive oil in 2009. [2] In 2020, the company had net assets of £347,000, mostly in stocks of goods. [3]
Phoenix dactylifera, commonly known as the date palm, [2] is a flowering-plant species in the palm family Arecaceae, cultivated for its edible sweet fruit called dates. The species is widely cultivated across northern Africa , the Middle East , the Horn of Africa , Australia , South Asia , and California . [ 3 ]
The dates from Dar al-Manasir compare well with dates of other regions in Sudan, although earlier reports qualify them as being of inferior quality not fetching the market price of fruits from (Old) Halfa and Dongola [2] Date varieties and the average wholesale price during the harvest season 2004
The date palm was one of the first cultivated trees. It was domesticated in Mesopotamia more than 5,000 years ago and grew abundantly in the Fertile Crescent. Dates were the cheapest of staple foods due to high productivity, as an average date palm produced 50 kilograms (110 lb) of fruit a year for more than 60 years. [citation needed]
The Medjool date (Arabic: تمر المجهول - tamar al-majhūl. Tamar means 'date' and majhūl means 'unknown', from جَهِلَ jahila, 'to not know') [1] [2] also known as Medjoul, Mejhoul or Majhool, is a large, sweet cultivated variety of date (Phoenix dactylifera). It is an important commercial variety constituting some 25% of ...
Date honey is also used as a sauce for stuffed vegetables, such as onions and turnips, and as an ingredient in a semolina cake called basbousa, which gives the cake a honey-like taste. Bangladesh produces around 20,000 tonnes of date molasses in each year. [11] The Kalkini Upazila region of Bangladesh is famous for its date juice and date molasses.