150 THE DATE PALM. 



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Honey, date, production and use 30 



Humidity, atmospheric, and rain, effect 011 date palm 52-58 



exceptionally low in Sahara 70 



Hybridizing, plant breeding, remarks 24, 98, 125 



Ibn-el-Fasel, Andalusian Moor, note 72 



Imperial soils, Salton, Cal., value for date 107-110 



Importation of date palms and dates 35, 41, 132 



Indians, Coahuila, tradition as to Salton Basin 103 



Irrigation, areas of promise in Colorado River Valley 130 



date, amount and application of water in United States 46 



growing without use 131 



in alkali desert, Algeria 78-80 



palm, discussion 44-50 



use of drainage water 98 



with alkaline water, note * 50 



earlier ripening of date by use of warm water 67 



lack of water in Death Valley 123 



of date lands in Salton Basin, notes , 108, 110 



Salton Basin, history and progress 104 



water for dates, advantages of warmth 49-50 



Iteema date, note 37 



Juice of date, draining off and preservation 30 



Jus, M., estimate of water necessary for date palm 44 



Kales date, note 128 



Khadrawi date, note 38 



Khalas date, quality, description, etc 36-37 



Leaves, date palm, description, habit of growth 15 



toughness and resistance to wind 71 



use as shade 13 



Life history investigations, importance in new crops, notes 139, 140 



Loam soil, use for dates, notes 107, 108 



Loozee date, note 26 



LountNo. 6, date, notes 32, 128 



Magnesium chlorid, preponderance in Ourlana (see also Alkali) 94 



sulphate, high content in soil at M'rai'er, Algeria 89 



Maktumdate, notes 39, 40 



Male date palm, characteristic differences from female 25 



pollination, chief requisite 24 



palms, varieties, remarks 24 



trees, proportion in planting 23 



flower of date, differences from female flower 19 



flower cluster of date, description , 26 



Maquata Basin, Mexico, date growing, advantages 103, 135 



Market and prices in United States for Deglet Noor dates 34 



for dates in United States, extent .' 138 



Maskat, exports of dates, notes 38, 41 



Masselot, F., publications, references 26, 36 



Maturity. See Ripening. 



McClatchie, Prof. A. J., notes on date culture 129 



Means, Thomas H. , analyses of date soils 



Menakher date, quality, and need for trial in United States 



' ' Merd el Ghram ' ' disease of date palm due to overirrigation 120 



Mexican competition in date culture, improbability 134-136 



Mexico, date culture, packing and production 41, 135 



region, probable 103 



insufficiency of heat for seedling dates, note . 



male date palms, character and number, notes 20-23 



"Meznoon" or "boussaafa" disease of dates 116 



Mirhage date, notes 39, 40 



Mohave Desert, date culture, chances of success 123 



Moors, introduction of date growing into Spain 17 



Moorzook, Fezzan, Sahara, effect of rain on date 118 



