Arabia holds festival for dates 45 days

The world's largest Arabian palm festival opened the doors in the town of Buridadah, the most important event dedicated to sweet golden brown fruit. Farmers, businessmen and consumers have landed in the <x0 city of palm trees” for the 45-day festival, which represents not only a supermarket but also a rare opportunity for growers of these fruits, whose income depends solely on them.

The best <x0m>s are the shiny ones and the most vivid ones, because this shows they're soft inside. Those that are half by half and fainter are not delicious. They said stay away from”, a businessman said.

Saudi Arabia has the largest number of Arab palms in the world and is the country marking nearly 25% of their global production.

The Qasim region alone, where Buraidah is located, numbers some 7 million such trees. In “the town of palm trees” sells about 300 thousand tons of this fruit each year, while 1,500 cars with date palms, which differ from shapes, types of size, are seen in the peak season there every day.

Best yet, it is considered red palm “Sukar”, which can sell up to $22 kilograms. /tch/