Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 February 1920 — EXPERT IN DATE CULTURE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

EXPERT IN DATE CULTURE

American Methods More Advanced Than Those of Any Other Country. Washington.—American methods of date culture are probably more advanced" than those of any other dategrowing country in the world, in spite of the fact that experience in this country is limited practically to two decades. This statement Is made by the chief of the bureau of plant in-

dustry, United States department of agriculture, in his annual report for lb 19. Though still conducted on a small scale, date culture has become a recognized commercial fruit Industry. and gives promise of steady growth. The culture of the Deglet Noor, the finest of the imported date varieties, has already become well established in California.

Tree Bearing a Big Crop of Dates.