Editing Date palm (section)

=== Cultivars ===
{{Main|List of date cultivars}}
A large number of [[date cultivar]]s and varieties emerged through history of its cultivation, but the exact number is difficult to assess. Hussain and El-Zeid<ref>{{cite report|publisher=Ministry of Agriculture and Water, Saudi Arabia |year=1975 |title=Studies on physical and chemical characteristics of date varieties of Saudi Arabia |last1=Hussain |first1=Fazal |last2=El-Zeid |first2=A}}</ref> (1975) have reported 400 varieties, while Nixon<ref>{{cite journal|last=Nixon |first=R.W. |year=1954  |title=Date culture in Saudi Arabia |journal=Ann. Date Growers' Instit. |issue=31 |pages=15–20}}</ref> (1954) named around 250. Most of those are limited to a particular region, and only a few dozen have attained broader commercial importance. The most renowned cultivars worldwide include [[Deglet Noor]], originally of Algeria; Yahidi and Hallawi of Iraq; [[Medjool]] of Morocco; [[Mazafati]] of Iran.<ref name="HuiBarta2008">{{cite book|first1=Jiwan S.|last1=Sidhu|editor-first1=Y. H.|editor-last1=Hui|editor-first2=József|editor-last2=Barta|editor-first3=M. Pilar|editor-last3=Cano|title=Handbook of Fruits and Fruit Processing|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Vu8gsgLeW-YC&pg=PA396|chapter=22. Date Fruits Production and Processing|date=28 February 2008|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=978-0-470-27648-8|pages=396–|access-date=29 July 2021|archive-date=8 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408151130/https://books.google.com/books?id=Vu8gsgLeW-YC&pg=PA396|url-status=live}}</ref>