Sukkary

Variety of Date palm · Phoenix dactylifera

The "sugar date" of Al-Qassim – crunchy-sweet when khalal, caramel-soft when rutab.

Also known as: Sukkari, Sokari, Succary

🇸🇦 SA

Taste & characteristics

crispsweet

Given in thirds of a month (early / mid / late) for the northern hemisphere in a temperate climate; altitude and season shift them.

Medium date, crunchy and very sweet when yellow, caramel-melting when soft; hugely popular in the Gulf.

Productive; a core cultivar of the Al-Qassim region, Saudi Arabia.

Good yield; strong domestic demand and prices.

Dioecious: female cultivar, requires a male pollen donor.

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