82 Brigade-Surgeon J. E. T. Aitchison's Notes on Products 



cultivated in Llie open fields, may be looked upon as one of 

 the chief food crops of the country. Apples are chiefly 

 grown in Persia, and thence imported into Herat for further 

 exportation. The town of Anar-dara, fully a degree and a 

 half south of Herat, is famous for its Pomegranates, which 

 are largely exported to India ; those produced in Herat itself 

 are few and, comparatively speaking, poor in quality. The 

 Peach, Nectarine, and Almond are said to attain their greatest 

 perfection in Persia ; certainly those I saw and ate at Meshad 

 were of very superior quality. Owing to the great 

 abundance of all kinds of fruit, and the climate being one 

 suitable for it, most of these are dried for consumption 

 locally during the rest of the year, or for exportation. 

 Hence in all bazaars Eaisins, Prunes, dried Apricots, dried 

 Mulberries, dried Cherries, Jujubes (Zizyphus), El^eagnus, 

 and the dried flesh of Melons, are ordinarily met with on sale, 

 less frequently dried Peaches and dried Apples. Currants, 

 or Corinths (ziriskh-sMrm), are a product of Kafiristan and 

 of Eastern Afghanistan. 



Maimana, as already stated, is famed for its Walnuts, 

 which it exports largely ; at Herat they are said to be 

 plentiful, but the only place where I saw the tree growing 

 in perfection was at Bezd, where the trees quite equalled the 

 grand groves of Shalizan in the Kuram Valley. 



Cultivated for their fruits- 



ZrZYPHUS VULGARIS. Ju- 



jube. 



ViTis viNiFERA. Vine. 



PiSTACio VERA. Plstacio. 



Prunus species. Plum. 



Prunus Cerasus. Sweet 

 cherry. 



Prunus Cerasus. Bitter 

 cherry. 



Prunus Armbniaca. Apri- 

 cot. 



Prunus Amygdalus. Al- 

 mond. 



Prunus persica. Peach. 



Prunus persica. Nectarine. 



Pyrus Cydonia. Quince. 



Pyrus communis. Pear. 



Pyrus Malus. Apple. 



PuNiCA Granatum. Pome- 

 granate. 



CucuMis Melo. Melon. 



CiTRULLUs vulgaris. The 

 AVater-melon. 



El.eagnus hortensis. The 

 Elasagnus. 



MoRUs ALBA. Mulberry. 



MoRUs NIGRA. Royal mul- 

 berry. 



Ficus Carica. Fig. 



JUGLANS REGIA. WahlUt. 



