110 INDEX. 



Pa?e. 



Soft dates, characteristics , 60.96 



Soils of Tunisian oases 33-41 



alkali content 3()— 41 



fertility 35 



texture 33-35 



Suckers. See Offshoots. 



Sunken gardens 10, 19 



Tafazaouine. »S'cc Tafazween. 



Tafazween variety 58,08. 101 



Tantaboosht variety 84, 99 



Temperature 21-26 



Tenantry system 42—13 



Tenaseen variety 89. 105 



Thaby variety ^ 74. 98 



Tools used by natives 11 1 5 



Topography. Sec Geograi)hy. 



Towadant variety 91 



Tozer oasis 10 



Zaid Khala variety 85, 100 



Safra variety 85, 100 



Trimming off old leaves 50 



Tronja variety 58, 06. 99 



Truundja. See Tronja. 



Varieties of the date palm 55-106 



classification by botanical characters 96-106 



geographical distribution 55 



grading as to (luality of fruit, etc 57 



groups, synopsis 96-97 



importation, considei-ations governing 10 



key_. 97-106 



nomenclature followed 56 



number in Tunis 55-56 



Watering. See Irrigation. 



Water supply 18.19.28-31 



Winds, dry, hot. effect upon fruit 51 



north, shelter from ' 16,17 



.sand-bearing, protection against 14,18 



Zekry variety 81,103 



Zrai variety 91 



92 



