INDEX 309 



Crop, enemies of 128 



handling of 130 



picking of 129 



Cultivation of ground 39, 90 



Dakar Majahel 121 



Dates "hot" and "cold" 167 



Deboeni 231 



Deboweni 231 



Degal 55 



Deglet Nur.. 27, 51, 80, 84, 91, 141, 161, 164, 165, 168, 174, 179, 228 



Dietetic value of date 203 



Digestibility of date 205 



Drainage of soil 34 



Dry-farming of dates 37 



Dubaini 231 



Egypt, bearing in 174 



irrigation in 36, 37 



large offshoots in 59 



pollination in 102 



season in 127 



El Kseba 232 



Emkentishi 264 



Ephestia cautella 156 



Expense of cultivation 178, 183 



Fahal Aksba 121 



Falling of fruit .' 06 



Fard 232 



Fardh 81, 232 



Farisi 235 



Fertilizers 33, 83, 92 



Fig moth in dates 156 



Flowering, time of 108, 113 



Flowers, appearance of in two sexes 110 



as food 193 



hermaphrodite 113 



Food value of dates 203 



Frost resistance of palms 31 



Frost resistance, effect of irrigation on 90 



Fumigation of packing-house 157 



Fursi 235 



Ghanami . . 120 



