CORK OAK——-RYAN AND COOKE 
Number Region 
Pais ears sels Dep. of Algiers 
DP ott ctete els Drael-Mizan 
BS ee rte anaes Bouira 
Jas Olen ORY OID Algiers 
DD) Seine He Cherchel 
De Biee +60 cele Militana 
Smee ct enetcrels) sie Dep. of Oran 
BAG ordtevett as Sahel of Oran 
SH Baier. bys.cists fs Oran 
SOU oy once, sii0ys Tlemcen 
55-1 D2. cicunieinic Jebel Tlemcen 
VII. FRENCH MOROCCO 
MORES SAPs Taza, near forest of Bab 
Azhar 
ONS erie tie Tedders, near groves of The 
Zemmour 
DSommegloen Marchand, near groves of 
The Zaer 
ABE SALVE 5 Sale, near forest of The 
Sehouls 
Se ota sfeyerepehe a8 Mamora 
aiding aaa Moulay Bou-Selham, near 
Forest of Gharb 
VIII. SPANISH MOROCCO 
Line of the Riff Mountains 
All statistical data relating to the 
distribution of the cork oak and to the 
production of cork in the Mediterra- 
nean region and its constituent coun- 
tries were either taken or computed 
from the Bureau of Foreign and 
Domestic Commerce report, ‘‘World 
Production and Trade in Cork” (4). 
With a few exceptions, the authentic 
facts and figures listed in the publica- 
tion are for the year 1936 and repre- 
sent the latest available information. 
Portugal is the largest producer of 
cork, supplying 46.2 percent of the 
world’s tonnage from 33.8 percent of 
the total acreage. 
Although the cork oak is distributed 
throughout the entire country, the 
major portion of its cultivation is con- 
centrated in the south-central region. 
The 1,720,000 acres of Portugese cork 
oak forests are distributed as follows: 
6.9 percent in the Province of Beja, 
13.3 percent in Setubal, 27 percent in 
Evora, 20 percent in Portalegre, 19.7 
percent in Santarem, and 13.1 per- 
cent in all other provinces. 
Spain ranks second with respect to 
cork production, furnishing 23.1 per- 
cent of the world’s tonnage from 12.2 
361 
percent of the total acreage. The cork 
groves of Spain are located principally 
in southern Andalusia, in Extrema- 
dura, and in northwestern Catalonia. 
The 622,000 acres of Spanish cork 
groves are distributed as follows: 6.8 
percent in the Province of Malaga, 
24.1 percent in Cadiz, 12.0 percent in 
Huelva, 10.8 percent in Sevilla, 14.4 
percent in Badajoz, 9.5 percent in 
Caceres, 14.3 percent in Gerona, and 
8.1 percent in other provinces. 
Of the other provinces, Cordoba, 
Ciudad Real, Toledo, Barcelona, and 
Castellon possess mountain areas in 
cork, while noncommercial quantities 
are found in Granada, Avila, Sala- 
manca, Coruna, and Santander. 
France is one of the smaller cork- 
producing countries supplying only 4.8 
percent of the world’s production from 
6.9 percent of the total acreage. The 
distribution of the 350,000 acres of 
French cork oak forests is 87 percent 
among the Departments of Landes, 
Lot-et-Garonne, Pyrenees-Orientales, 
Var, and Alpes-Maritimes, and 13 per- 
cent in Corsica. The Department of 
Var is by far the richest cork area in 
the country, furnishing about 75 per- 
cent of the French cork. Corsica 
ranks second in importance. 
Italy is also one of the smaller cork- 
producing countries, furnishing only 
3.2 percent of the world’s supply from 
4.9 percent of the total acreage. The 
largest and best cork oak groves are in 
Sicily and Sardinia; the smaller 
groves are in Italy proper. Of the 
247,000 acres of Italian cork groves, 
14 percent are in Italy, 16 percent in 
Sicily, and 70 percent in Sardinia. 
In Italy, the largest commercial 
groves are in the Districts of Tuscany, 
Latium, and Compania; other isolated 
growths are located in the Districts 
of Apulia and Calabria and in the 
provinces around Pisa and Salerno. 
The Sicilian groves are around Tra- 
pani, Palermo, Messina, Catania, 
Syracuse, and Enna while the cork 
oak areas of Sardinia are chiefly in the 
Provinces of Sassari, Nuoro, and 
Cagliari. 
