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Date Season Arrives in Iraq
Country Will Harvest Majority of World's Date Supply
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An Iraqi man climbs a date tree at a garden in central Baghdad, 14 August 2007.
The world famous Iraqi dates are picked during the months of August and September from orchards made up of some 150 trees. Each tree produces an average of 5 bunches of dates, with each bunch weighing an average of 8 kilos. The 'Halawee' date is the most popular in Iraq, and sells at some 0.50 US cent a kilo.
Considered as the native ground for the world's oldest food producing plant, Iraq grows up to 80% of the world's dates and produces eight distinct varieties that have long been a staple of the local diet.
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Iraqi men pick up ripe dates from a tree at a garden in central Baghdad, 14 August 2007.
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An Iraqi girl shows a box of dates at a shop in Baghdad, 15 August 2007. The world famous Iraqi dates are picked during the months of August and September from orchards made up of some 150 trees. Each tree produces an average of 5 bunches of dates, with e
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NAJAF, IRAQ: A Soviet-era helicopter sprays pesticides over the date palm trees near the holy city of Najaf, south of Baghdad.
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Basra, IRAQ: Iraqi children collect the date harvest in the southern city of Basra, 02 August 2006.
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An Iraqi salesman displays a box of dates at a shop in Baghdad, 15 August 2007.
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