U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRYBULLETIN NO. 53. 



B. T. GALLOWAY, Chief of Bureau. 



THE DATE PALM 



ITS UTILIZATION IN THE SOUTHWESTERN STATES. 



WALTER T. SWINGLE, 



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PHYSIOLOGIST IN CHARGE OF LABORATORY OF PLANT LIFE HISTORY. 



VEGETABLE PATHOLOGICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL 

 INVESTIGATIONS. 



ISSUED APRIL 28, 1904. 



WASHINGTON: 



GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, 

 1904. 



