110 INDEX. 



Page. 

 Soft dates, characteristics 60,96 



Soils of Tunisian oases 33-41 



alkali content 36-41 



fertility 35 



texture 33-35 



Suckers. See Offshoots. 



Sunken gardens 16, 19 



Tafazaouine. See Tafazween. 



Tafazween variety 58,68, 101 



Tantaboosht variety 84, 99 



Temperature 21-26 



Tenantry system 42^43 



Tenaseen variety 89, 105 



Thaby variety - 74, 98 



Tools used by natives 44-45 



Topography. See Geography. 



Towadant variety 91 



Tozer oasis 16 



Zaid Khala variety 85,100 



Safra variety 85, 100 



Trimming off old leaves 50 



Tronja variety 58, 66, 99 



Troundja. See Tronja. 



Varieties of the date palm 55-106 



classification by botanical characters 96-106 



geographical distribution 55 



grading as to quality of fruit, etc 57 



groups, synopsis 96-97 



importation, considerations governing : 10 



key 97-106 



nomenclature followed 56 



number in Tunis 55-56 



Watering. See Irrigation. 



Water supply 18,19,28-31 



Winds, dry, hot, effect upon fruit 51 



north, shelter from 16,17 



sand-bearing, protection against 14, 18 



Zekry variety 81,103 



Zrai variety 91 



92 



