Friday, June 19, 2009

Date-picking in Abu Dhabi

There are date palms all around the area where I work. This one caught my eye because the fruit was red... (usually they're green and turn yellow as they ripen). The heat dries them up, they shrivel and turn brown, ready for picking!



6 comments:

  1. for a moment i thought date picking was like picking up singles... :D

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  2. lol, if only it were that easy!

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  3. Nice...do they pick it after it turns brown?

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  4. I think so... actually you can get dates on stocks in the shops here (sort of like tomatoes on vines)

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  5. u also get dokay (the yellow ones) on stocks in lahore at least.. and even here !!! (UK)

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  6. right! we have them in Karachi too :D I think they're called something else though...

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