# DATES--AMERICA'S NEW FRUIT CROP

DATES--AMERICA'S NEW FRUIT CROP Produced: 1921 Description Shows activities at the Department of Agriculture date garden in Mecca, California. Imported date palms flourish under irrigation of the desert. Shoots are cut from palms, propagated, and planted. Fumigants are sprayed on the plants to combat insect pests. Dates are picked and cleaned. https://catalog.archives.gov/id/7142

- Kind: Educational
- Year: 1921
- By: National Archives
- Genres: Education
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/33-166)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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