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Kholas dates

Try describing the colour in your own words. Compare the highlights and shadows on a single fruit, then look again from a different angle.

Close view of dates and their textured skin

Golden brown with a caramel flavour

Also written Khalas, Kholas is known for its golden-brown colour and caramel-like flavour. Look for the way light catches the folds of the skin. Even two fruits of the same variety can look a little different.

Try this observation

Choose three colour words for one date. Look again in shade and see which words you would change.

Compare varieties

Open the Farz page next. Set your two sketches side by side and describe one difference in outline, skin or colour.

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Take the question to the grove.

Ask the farm whether this variety can be seen on your preferred date. Children can bring their sketches and compare their observations with the family.

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Palm notebook

Five dates to discover.

Use this field guide to explore date varieties. Ask the farm which dates you might see on your visit.

An illustrative detail from the world of date palms

Follow the colour

A Kholas date offers a study in golden and brown tones. Look at the top of each fold where light falls, then at the darker line where the skin turns away. Ask which varieties can be seen on your preferred visit date. Use the next guide to try the same exercise with another variety.

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Children’s field notebook

What did you notice?

Record a detail about the palms or a question to ask when you arrive. Your words stay in this browser when storage is available.