INDEX 318 



Offshoots, profit from 177 



rooting with bottom heat 69 



shape of 59 



time to cut 60 



watering 66 



Packing dates 130 



Pahn, in antiquity 22 



monoecious 113 



traditions concerning 21, 22, 23 



Palm wine 196 



Parlatoria scale 149 



Pasteurization 130, 157 



Phoenicococcus scale 151 



Phoenix canariensis 107 



Phoenix sylvestris 53 



Plodia interpimctella 156 



Pollen, handling of 107 



preserv'ation of 107 



Pollination, antiquity of 101 



failures in 110 



in nature 104, 105 



in America 106, 1 14 



native method of 105 



Preserving dates 191 



Qern el R'azal 274 



Qintar 273 



Quarantine 158, 301 



Qurn al Ghazal 274 



Qush Batash 274 



Qush Bii Narinja 225 



Qush Farfara 275 



Qush Hasas 276 



Qush Shahm 276 



Qush Sheham 276 



Qush Zabad 276 



Rain, effect of on dates 96 



Rakab 163 



R'ars 235 



Rashidi 277 



Rats attacking dates 155 



R'azi 2S7K 



