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INDEX 



climate and soil suited to, 95. 



composition of fruit, 92. 



cultivation of, 101. 



distribution of, 84. 



frost-resistance of, 98. 



fruit-fly, 130. 



history of, 79. 



hopper, 130. 



introduction of to U. S., 90. 



pests and diseases, 128. 



pollination of, 118. 



propagation of, 107. 



races and varieties, 132. 



seedling, 108. 



shoot psylla, 131. 



weevil, 131, 132. 

 mangophul, 94. 

 mangosteen, 390, 422. 

 mangotina, 136. 

 mangoustan, 394. 

 mangrove annona, 164. 

 mangue, 88. 



Manila mango, 108, 134, 136. 

 man-kay, 88. 

 manzanilla, 269. 

 maracuja melao, 248. 

 marang, 420. 

 maranon, 149. 

 Maria, P. Vicenzo, 177. 

 Maries, Charles, 79, 125, 133, 137. 

 Marignolli, John de, 87, 414. 

 Marin, Don Francisco de Paula, 304. 

 Markham, Sir Clements, 161. 

 Marlatt scale on date, 217. 

 marmalade-box, 454. 



-fruit, 341. 



-plum, 341. 

 masa pan, 411. 

 Mason, Silas C., 197. 

 Masters, M. T., 435. 

 matasano, 194, 446. 

 Maxwell-Lefroy, H., 130, 131 152 



419, 435, 456. 

 McLean's litchi, 325. 

 McMurran, S. M., 128. 

 mealy-bug, avocado, 60. 



citrus, on avocado, 60. 

 Mediterranean fruit-fly on avocado 

 61. 



on guava, 279. 



on kaki, 365. 



on kei-apple, 443. 



on loquat, 264. 



on mango, 130. 



on papaya, 239. 



on pitanga, 291. 



on pomegranate, 382. 



on sapodilla, 339. 

 Medjeheul date, 223. 

 Medjool date, 223. 

 medlar, Japanese, 255. 

 Melicocca bijuga, 332. 

 melon tree, 229. 

 melon zapote, 229. 

 Memminger, Lucien, 150. 

 Menakher date, 223. 

 Merrill, Elmer D., 371. 

 Mespilus germanica, 255, 336. 

 Mexican fruit-fly on mango, 130. 

 Mexican race of avocados, 76. 

 Mexico, origin of avocado in, 14, 15. 

 Meyer, Frank N., 252, 257, 316, 



325, 326, 354, 362, 382, 385, 387. 

 Michael, William H., 94. 

 Miller, Jacob, 71, 168. 

 Mimusops Kauki, 339. 

 Miranda, Conde de, 179. 

 Mirzapuri guava, 279. 

 mite, red, on papaya, 239. 

 mi-tsao, 386. 



Mohur Thakur mango, 125. 

 mombin, 150. 



red, 157. 



yellow, 159. 

 Monceaux, H., 393. 

 Montgomery, Charles, 54. 

 Moracese, 406. 

 Morrow, J. E., 388. 

 Moti Pairi mango, 142. 

 mountain-apple, 309. 



soursop, 192. 

 Mucuna Lyoni as cover-crop for 



mango, 105. 



Mueller, Ferdinand von, 457. 

 Muhammad Tughlak Shah, 79. 

 Mulgoba group of mangos, 138. 



mango, 91, 92, 100, 105, 108, 110, 



122, 123, 124, 126, 139. 

 Murrieta, John, 71. 

 muscade date, 200. 

 Mu shing hong jujube, 389. 

 Myrciaria cauliflora, 300. 



