PI. 207. 



DRIED MULBERRIES FROM AFGHANISTAN, MORUS ALBA. 



These dried mulberries were presented by His Majesty the Ameer of Afghanistan to the 

 Department of Agriculture through his official representative, Mr. A. C. Jewett. They are practi- 

 cally, but not quite, seedless and extremely palatable. Analysis showed them to have about the 

 food value of dried figs. According to Mr. Jewett they form almost the exclusive food of hundreds 

 of thousands of Afghans for several months each year. Photographed (P15747FS) by E. L. 

 Crandall, April 6, 1915. 



