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Whether the adulteration which now goes on is a result vi the 
hands the sumach trade has now fallen, is a question which will admit 
of a em deal of argumen 
In 1894 the amount of sumach, ground and in leaf, exported from 
Palermo to the United Kingdom amounted to 3,469,053 kilos., in round 
numbers, say, 3,400 tons, and the approximate value of same amounted 
to 693, 810 lire, or in sterling, at exchange 26°50 lire, to 26,1817., 
whilst the total export of sumach to all countries during same period 
was 25,562,397 kilos., or about 25,000 tons, of which France alone took 
some 10,000 tons, mostly i in leaf, and America 5,500 tons, Germany 
coming next with 3,265 tons, or very nearly as much as was taken by 
xreat Britain. The = gn value of all the vem exported from 
Palermo to all countries during 1894 was 5,112,479 lire, or in sterling 
192,923. 14s. 8d. at 26°50 lire exchange. 
ter the sumach leaf has been subjected to the first process of 
trituration, there remains a certain amount of coarse stuff ; this is ground 
er again, and the product is added to what has book already obtained. 
Still there is left a certain Fete ts of unground leaves, — &c., and 
this residuum is technically known in Sicilian as “ peduzzo." Thename 
given to the small stalks branching from the main root of the sumach 
z, the pez ves during and imm are anxious 
Ae not € able to defer handling their money and wait d i. 
Very frequen ntly the price reached is not a rie tempting to 
induce the holder to part with his stock, in which case the stock will 
in on hand till next season, and come on the market together with 
the new crop. The buying and selling of sumach and its kindred 
plants is wholly conducted on the basis of the obsolete weighs eos 
moneys of page so rri ad for the cantar o sumac À ta 
Although all the trinitas in sumach are calculated on the basis 
of these ancient weights and coins, yet no such pem edes are iore ^ 
Italy, being lire and centesim 
The value a inpia of óc varies considerably aecording to the 
demand and 
Last year's pon: vole d about 41 to 42 tari per cantar, or, say, about 
21°96 to 22°50 lire per quintal (100 kilos. ) delivered free at the mills. 
These figures, of course, refer to the genuine strong (mascolino) 
sumach from the best districts. Foitniuello would be worth about 
4 tari less per cantar; and bruca would sell for, say, 14 to 18 tari per 
cantar ; stinco from 44 to to 6 lire, and so on. English readers may like 
to be reminded that the Italian lira is worth about 9d. at the present 
rate of exchange. 
