INDEX. 109 



Klialt .Monakliry vnrioty 'Xl. lo.") 



Mooaslioiii variety 81. I(i4 



Kharooby variety , 8(i. 10- 



Kseba variety '-- 77.100 



Labor -1:^-4:5 



La.uoo variety 80. lO'J 



LeKemls concern! ii;: tlic date p.ilin 14, 4G 



Lenisy variety 75, 91) 



Male palms 50-51 



Manni-inj; 40-.")0 



:MeMsni«'nients given in descriptions !I4 



MenaUber variety 57, <;(>. Kk; 



botanical characters (i(i-<;i. IOC 



connnercial i)ossibilities 57.01.02 



.<;eot;r:ipI)i(al distribntion and rarity 57.02 



introdnction into I'nited States 57, 58. <>;'. 



l^cepinu (|nality *>1 



multiplication, rapid, i)ossibility 58 



productiveness 02 



lirop.itjation. difficult 03 



(piality of irnit 01,02 



ripeiiinir. time (>2 



Moldi Begry v;iriety 57. 70, 10(> 



Names of varieties 50 



Nefta oasis 15-1(; 



Nefzaoua oases 17-19 



Nomenclature of varieties 50 



Oases, area covered and number of date palms 15-20 



description 13 



protection from sand 14, 18 



Offshoots, importation, number 1^ 



packing for transi)ortation 45 



prices paid 44 



production, how stimulated 43 



removal from parent tree 44-45 



size for transplanting 44 



Okht Ammary variety 91 



Fteemy variety '<'9. 102 



Packing dates for shipment •^•4 



Planting : 40-47 



Pollination ^0 



relation of irrigation 48 



Population ot oases 15,42.43 



Precipitation 25, 27-28, 51-52 



Preparing land for planting date palms 45 



Preserving date-^ 54—55 



Propagation 4.3-45 



Rainfall. <S'ef Precipitation. 

 Reclamation. Sec Alkali. 



Remta variety 83. 98 



Rliars variety 80. 102 



Ril»ening of dates 51-52 



climatic factors affecting 23-20 



hastening, suggestions 52 



relation of irrigation 48 



Saline soils. Sec Alkali. 

 Salt. See WkiiU. 



Salton Basin. Cal.. climate compared with Tunis oases 22. 24. 25. 27-28 



Sand, protection of oases 14, 18 



Sayi)a Boo Dra variety 80, 102 



Sba Aroossa variety pi 



Seacoast, date culture near 19,20 



Seedling date palms 43 



Selatny variety ^57, 9.3. 104 



Shelter for young palms 47 



Shipment of dates, factors affecting 15,54 



92 



