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 CBYSTALIZATION OF FEUIT Continued. 



Nice (Consul Hathaway) - 888-890 



Process of crystallizing fruit, Beauine" barometer, 889 production and 

 cost, 890. 



Clermont Ferrand (Consul Dufais) 890,891 



Processes, 890. 

 THE DATE PALM. 



Persia (Minister Pratt) 891,892 



Situation, propagation, planting, fecundating, 891. 



ALMOND TREE. 



Tangier (Consul Matthews) _ 892-894 



Cultivation, soil, varieties, 892 propagation, fertilizing, maturity, 



yield, 893. 

 GRAPE-VINE FERTILIZER. 



St. Etienne (Commercial Agent Malmros) 894,895 



Recipe, 894. 

 CITBOX OF COMMERCE. 



Rome (Consul-General Alden) 895,896 



Situation, crop, fruit, 895 yield, cost of production, imports and ex- 

 ports, process of preparation, market prices, 896. 



Leghorn (Consul Sartori) . 897,898 



Cultivation, candying, 897. 



Messina (Consul Jones) _. 893-900 



Description of tree, propagation, 898 diseases, shipment, prices, and 

 exports, 899. 



Naples (Consul Camphausen) __. 900-902 



Cultivation, 900 packing and preserving, 901. 



Sicily (Consul Woodcock) 902-906 



Location, orchards, 902 propagation, orchards, 903 gathering and 

 boxing, 904 diseases, exports, 905. 



Cuba (Consul Pierce) _ _ 906.907 



Cultivation, uses, 906. 



Madeira (Acting Consul Hutchinson) 907 



Cultivation, prices, and shipments, 907. 



Mexico, (Consul Viosca) 907 



Cultivation, exports, 907. 

 FRUIT-TREE CULTURE. 



Cognac (Consul Earle) _ _ _ _.. 907-911 



Dwarfing, 907 method of planting, 909 shapes, 910. 

 FRUIT CULTURE. 



Mentone (Consular Agent Viale) 911-916 



Lemon, 912 diseases, oranges, 913 grape-vine, propagation, pruning, 

 wine, varieties, 914 diseases, olive-tree, propagation, yield, insect 

 pests, cultivation, 916 miscellaneous fruits, perfumery, 916. 



Zante (Consular Agent Crowe) 916-922 



Currant-grape vineyards, 916 planting and cultivation, 917 irriga- 

 tion, yield, 918 oranges and lemons, 919 olives, 920 figs, 921. 



Alps, Maritime (Consul Wilson) _ _ 922-924 



Palms, cocoa, cactus, and aloe, 922 temperature, climate, 923 soil, 

 agriculture, olives, oil, 924 varieties, 925 age of bearing, modes of 

 planting and cultivation, best trees, time of gathering, 926 how 



