CONTENTS 



PART I 



Preface 13 



I. THE DATE PAIJVI 21 



II. THE DATE PALM COUNTRY 27 



III. COMMERCIAL DATE GROWING 43 



IV. PROPAGATION BY OFFSHOOTS 59 



V. PROPAGATION BY SEED 77 



VI. CULTURE OF THE PALM 89 



VII. POLLINATION 101 



VIII. MALE PALMS 119 



IX. HANDLING THE CROP 1 27 



X. ARTIFICIAL RIPENING 135 



XI. DISEASES AND PESTS 149 



XII. THE CLASSIFICATION OF DATES 161 



XIII. PROFITS OF DATE GROWING 173 



XIV. ARAB USES OF THE DATE 187 



XV. FOOD VALUE OF THE DATE 203 



PART II 



VARIETIES (Alphabetically Arranged) 211 



APPENDIX 



QUARANTINE REGULATIONS 301 



To GROW BANANAS FROM DATE SEEDS 303 



"THE SWEAT" TALISMAN 305 



INDEX . . 307 



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