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The fruit of date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) ‘Barhi’ is mainly harvested at Khalal stage, whereas fruits are physiologically mature, hard and crisp. Fruits are suitable for consumption at Khalal stage but due to their high moisture content, they are very perishable with low storage life. The physicochemical properties of Barhi fruits grown at Americana framers, Giza, Egypt, which packed inpolyamide/ polyethylene (PA/PE), polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP), under cold storage temperatures (5±1 ºC) in response to vacuum and modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) with N2 were studied. Fruits were analyzed at four time intervals after packing (0, 3, 6 and 9 weeks) and evaluated for their quality characteristics: texture, weight loss, total soluble solids (TSS), pH, moisture content, acidity and sugar content. The obtained results showed that the joint fruits stored in PP packages under MAP conditions with nitrogen had recorded the highest quality. These fruits had lowest TSS, weight loss, pH, acidity and moisture content and lowest change occurred in sugar content with a good texture. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]