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Morocco, excellence of dates, remarks 39, 40 



Mozaty or Mazauty date, note 37 



M'rai'er, Algeria, alkali in relation to date culture 88 



Mulch, use in propagation of date, note 22 



M'Zab, Algeria, dates 37 



Nevada, date culture, probable success 125-126 



kind of date required 33 



New Mexico, date culture, probable success 133 



Nice, date palm, ripening of fruit, notes 124, 125 



Nitrate in Salton Basin soil, value and use 114 



Nubia, dates of promise for United States 40 



Offshoots, date, packing, and shipment, innovation by writer 42 



loss of seedling date varieties by too close trimming 25 



propagation of date palm 20 



reproduction of date palm 15 



Olive trees, protection of date palm 43-44 



Orange orchards, Riverside, Cal. , injury by alkaline waters 121 



Orchards, date, scientific starting (see also Offshoots, Propagation, etc. ) 25 



seedling date, advisability of planting in Salton Basin 18 



Oued Rirh, Algeria, date culture, remarks 89-90 



Ourlana, Algeria, alkali in relation to date culture 89-95 



Packing, gathering, curing of dates 29-30, 33, 137 



offshoots (young date plants) for shipment, innovation by writer ... 42 



Palgrave, W. G., remarks on Khalas date 36 



Palm. See Date palm. 



Pangh Ghur region in Baluchistan, dates 1 . 37 



Persia, dates of promise for United States 40, 126, 134 



Persian Gulf, date, damage by " shamel" wind 71 



region, soil 109 



dates, imports into United States, note 132 



packing 137 



tidal irrigation 48 



oases, possible source for dates useful in Nevada and Texas 126 



Phoenix canariensis, possible use in hybridizing date 125 



reclinata (?) native growth and use in hybridizing 98 



Phosphoric acid of Colorado River water, benefit to Salton Basin soil 106 



Pit. See Seed. 



Plant breeding, hybridizing, remarks 24, 98, 125 



Plant introduction, early maturing dates 133, 139 



Planting and care of date palm offshoots 21 



of date orchard, distances between trees 22 



number to acre in desert, notes 45 



proportion of male trees 23 



seed, remarks 18 



Plateau region, California, date culture, chances of success 123 



Pollen of date, effect of character on fruit 24 



shipment 29 



Pollination, importance of labor, and ease for young trees 29 



need of simplification of method 28 



of date, difficulties 27,28 



palm, discussion 26-29 



dates, origin and practice 16 



supply of male trees 23, 24 



practice of Arabs in keeping pollen 28 



value of Dakar majahel, male date palm, at Tempe, Ariz 24 



Pomology, Division, early importation of date palms 41 



Potassium chlorid in Salton Basin soil, value 1 14 



Prices of dates, remarks '. 136-138 



Profits of date culture 136-138 



Propagation of date palm by offshoots -. 20 



. seedlings 18 



discussion 18-25 



. proportion of male trees in plantations 23 



dates, failure of seedlings in trueness to type 19 



Pruning of date palm, trimming off of leaves 15, 25 



