2006 Tour of Duty

Tuesday, January 24, 2006

IRAQI DATE SHOW

Believe it or not there are over 300 varieties of dates, some say more like 600, but here is the picture to confirm the claim. This photo was taken at a date seminar held recently in Baghdad. It was an opptunity for the local date growers to display their favorite date...

5 Comments:

  • At January 24, 2006 5:41 PM, Blogger Suzie said…

    Looks like the Tom Green County Fair, Baghdad Style!

     
  • At January 24, 2006 8:47 PM, Anonymous sherry said…

    So, how about a date!

     
  • At January 26, 2006 7:38 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    Msgt. Wegner, Are the Iraqi date farmers able to market and ship all these dates out of the country? Does the U.S. buy any of them??? MIMI

     
  • At January 31, 2006 5:59 AM, Blogger MSG Ronald C. Wegner said…

    No they are not there yet.

     
  • At August 25, 2006 7:02 PM, Blogger NewYorkTexan said…

    what a small, small world. i'm originally from San Angelo and my husband and i live in new york now. my husband was researching dates since he is marketing a date product and came across your website - he was delighted to see the variety of dates in iraq! when you get back to states we'll have to arrange a "date date" and meet at zentner's daughters for lunch!
    NewYorkTexan

     

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