INDEX 313 



Offshoots, profit from 177 



rooting with bottom heat 69 



shape of 59 



time to cut 60 



watering 66 



Packing dates 130 



Pahn, in antiquity 22 



monoecious 113 



traditions concerning 21, 22, 23 



Pahn wine 196 



Farlatoria scale 149 



Pasteurization 130, 157 



Phoenicococcus scale 151 



Phoenix canariensis 107 



Phoenix sylvestris 53 



Plodia interpunctella 156 



Pollen, handling of 107 



preservation of 107 



Pollination, antiquity of 101 



failures in 110 



in nature 104, 105 



in America 106, 114 



native method of 105 



Preserving dates 191 



Qem el R'azal 274 



Qintar 273 



Quarantine 158, 301 



Qurn al Ghazal 274 



Qush Batash 274 



Qush Bd Narinja 225 



Qush Farfara 275 



Qush Heads 276 



Qush Shahm 276 



Qush Sheham 276 



Qush Zabad 276 



Rain, effect of on dates 96 



Rakab 163 



R'ars 235 



Rashidl 277 



Rats attacking dates 155 



R'azi 237 



