' 746 е THE *GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 
[DECEMBER ІІ, 1875. 
hills beyond, and the Mohawk valley to the west can 
Hein nel The. building id треда with water n 
e reservoirs on of the hill, and at a 
“шде ve I pse feet Ым 
It seen that the building is complete in 
‘cnet abe] and well adapted for the purpose for 
“ж it was in 
cost of the whole has been in the neighbour- 
, which includes the fitting up of 
a 
of Mr. ick Campbell, a young болмап 
pe education and intelli igence, with an excellent know- 
an е gardening and horticultural matters 
learn that it is the intention of the 
able extent at a cemetery with the same жч; 
o Hill—near Boston, vor. there are ample 
facilities for apr ps ing the p ut the credit of 
the valuable’ of combining a satin el and conserva- 
tory is, so rh » we are aware, entirely due to Mr, 
Thomas Hopper, of the Utica Cemetery Association. 
EGYPT ASA FRUIT ` GARDEN. 
THE fertility of Egypt in grain, i pee and 
other agri has come be 
well 
and its magnificent gesti 
produce at the various Internati: itions on 
the Continent of late years, coupled with its large and 
increasing exports, have drawn the attention of mer- 
chants and capitalists very prominently to it. Even 
at the International Exhibition of Agriculture and 
Horticulture held at Cologne this year, Egypt was 
most prominent in its large and varied collection, and 
received the grand diploma of honour, But it is chiefly 
to the fruit production of Egypt that we would draw 
attention, because of this least is known. An admir- 
able descriptive report on the fruit trees of Egypt, 
published in a Continental journal, by M. G. Delche- 
valerie, the chief gardener of the Khedive, at Ghezireh, 
les us to information, 
t; the rest are 
The price = in Uim in ag markets of Cairo 
is about 14. to 134. per q 
5 
incorporated with it. This Apri- 
cot pulp keeps a in time, and makes an excellent 
“Тош” of the Arabs. — There are about 
trees in pi eden of Cairo but 
The 
10,000 Almon 
very few in ecd parts of E almost 
preserve. 
Ai monds : 
always eaten green, and ds JH dried ay oh 
The sweet Almond is that cultivated, and very rarely 
the bitter variety. ` 
2 р, 1 ( Lgl ^t 1 ) ы ы ОК 2. FN fe, 4. y which 
is somewhat like Orange, very palatab 
and its aperient qualities in the removal of 
is in some of the gardens of — 
fruits about the middle of d в 
е. 
bs. — The Apples 
t are a — better than the Pears 
; | eei gd at id about anco 
cultivated generally in pu € dan - "n 
- the she о ное the w It fru summ 
ere are ч өы puma ooo Bananas 
сеси ^ "gardens, a about 100,000 of which are in 
Cairo and its рика and the e fomes Rare 
They are eaten fresh, and also after they are ripe. 
he bunches of fruit are gathered ded curs are per- 
traw to mature 
Carob ag ie Siliqua).—This fine and ornamen- 
tal tree bears numerous pods epe d i age e branches, 
The fruit is ad as food by the natives, and also 
employe онот ег, пої 
here and 
yield about 3 cwt. of pods yearly. 
The Cherry tree (Cerasus rg is cultivated as a 
curiosity in some ens, but produ es п 
Large quantities of Cherries о 
during the fruit — to P Ret пагіа, 
ч pen ар which e m at the] ports of Syria 
the islands of the Grecian Archipelago, and 
itron : * Cabbade” of the Y ne cam is 
cultivated for its fruits, which are ingen to make 
candied peel and About 
o 
+ 
which about one-third ar 
in Lower Payot. The Calabash Citron і is also grow 
t ts being much employed for ikine 
prese 
The! Соколи has been grown іп the gardens of the 
Khedive n iei years, m = is not yet possible to 
say that i i 
gypt. рве р Оза, prospers equally 
with the Date i in the gardens of the Khedive, : and aç- 
f Cairo. 
Specimens, of two yan as hana I е 
years, 
already 21 to 24 feet ect high PW РЕ іп сігсит- 
ference at the base of the trunk. ‘The aie boats 
from India bring to Suez large quantities of Cocoa- 
nuts, which are sold retail і in the bazaars of Cairo 
during winter and sprin 
e Date is cultivated all over Egypt, and in many 
localities grows Te eously, forming regular forests. 
The number of Date trees Ven gira fn Egypt is esti- 
а at коо, ап yield is computed at 
ooo cwt. of fruit. The trees in Egypt are 
distributed as follows :— 
Alexandria .. 51,701 | Minie nam Beni | 
Rosetta 39,582 Mazar «e. £34,770 
Ismailia i iv Assyout 465,06 
Behera a cS aie 5 Oasis z Syona 277,3 
P f Garbye.. 193,606 | Girg 201,774 
Menoufye .. . 14,900 Kent ` 228,58 
Town of Cairo «e 669,355 
Suez i: 739 | Province of Dakhalie 94,467 
Fayoum i +» 400,000 Char 50,186 
Beni-Souef .. - yaar Fe | ҮМ баен 105,974 
Тһе varieties of Dates which are sold fresh т the 
— re the Yellow, the Red Hone 
` Bourlos, a v Date, 
the dried 
inter and s spring, the choicest are those of 
Ibrim, the pos rn the Lite Date, and the Sak- 
uly to November the fresh Dates 
The sale commences 
У "The Date paste or compresse 
Dates of the oasis of Upper Egypt is excellent, id, 
with = — pulp of Suaken, Darf r, Edjaz, 
an — a valuable source of provision 
for rap carava 
The in Рана ows spontaneously in Upper 
Egypt, wee constitutes veritable forests, which, 
by their curtains of foliage protect the culture carried on 
between the banks of the Nile and the borders of the 
d А p of the fruit is more medicinal than 
Babe cat it, and it has somewhat 
Arabs.—This tree 
environs of 
s are Кп п under 
, Essoud, G« 
lent eating fresh ; 
lried for keeping 
about 50,000 Fig-trees re in Egypt 
Grapes.—Very fine deed as grown in 
is iae rm m ect s Rd 
ae 
with yet isi 
Egypt or Alexandria, the white Grapes ч каг Vida 
the Benati, мане ui, PUMA and Sabao her 
T 
are not more, however, than 225,000 vines ^x prs 
of which 50,000 are a ,000 andria, 
IO, at Fayoum, and the rest distributed over th 
ther provinces of t. ield of Grapes is 
estimated a tis a insufficient for 
the local consumption, and large quantities are im- 
ported at Alexandr The cultur t 
flourished in Egypt in the qe of the муз, and 
the ancients distinguished several inr 
Wine making is not now "ON on rot n con- 
sequence of the poem of the Куз LEN pro 
hibit the use of w 
The slopes of Манон, пеаг р were for- 
merly covered with Vines, of whi E the traces are 
"e Tube Ape c hes se slopes are ned 
‘oops о dra ouin Veoh sed to bé severa qvem 
s^. wine made in Еру ypt, which the most celebrated 
were sr Maré ua wine made in the neighbourhood 
of the Lake Mar ; the wine of Thebaide, much 
vaunt A itn the wine of Captas, so light 
that it was given to fever patients ; the Toéniotique 
- had the colour of 
t 
back to a prodigious antiquity. Accord 
ancient Nai t it was a E m 
of pruning Vines. his 
on a & Vin ne, it was noticed that Tm 7774-4 year the 
D vd fruit was more abundant than ordinary, and 
ing ea the Vine was afterwards 
Y 
es of basada in ih — pe dae s 
ps of im 
The earl Y = ipn in mmencement up 
summer Egypt, and the lue ones do n 
of December, I proper care given to the Vines 
after the first c rop. i 
Middle Egypt that the Vines 
tendency, and the e T ат produce several crops 
of Grapes in the P d 
pers be oio" ) 
Forestry. 
PLANTING, —Hill and moorland planting may often 
with advantage during the short, cold 
days in the middle of winter. I seldom plant in 
December and January, except for ornamental and 
shelter purposes; and the reasons for so abstaining 
are that the women and children required to help in 
planting ed so greatly from the cold and wet, 
especially when the herbage is rough, that injurious 
results to dun health often accrues : also the 
removing of bio trees, shrubs, 
the planting of the arem forest Mock ^ be done in 
О ary, March, а 
after being dug round, so that 
g ou eart 
be filled in, but the trench should ei 
filled with 1 fresh earth, or at least the excavated 
mixed ча срыв of a richer and better quality. 
Тоо need 
portance 
attached t to пета round and 
lanting, since it is found. in practice that those 
dug and removed the same season often succeed 
' ex will be fulfilled, and 
ev л afforded in transplanting large trees 
ur Vidit: of of large or small size, should. 
be pestetiy healthy and of Vigorous growth, this 
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