in the map. — 8) Nachr. f. Hand., Ind. und cheney, 1915, ap 86, p. 3 and 4 (see also Rep 
water are produced in Bulgaria shews. that hel destifiation anethod" pra 
Bulgarian rose cultivator is very antiquated and that a number of improve 
to be necessary’). = : 
_ There are principally two districts in Bulgaria occupied with rose cultivation, 
the Southern slopes of the Balkan mountains and the Sredna Gora district, i 
ae Sliwen to Panagurichte. Besides, the Northern slopes of the. Rhodope aan ye 
, the country lying between Pechtera and Stanimaka must. also be mentioned in 
A connection. In many villages rose cultivation represents the chief means yf 
livelihood, as f. i. in the village Tekin where 31 per cent. of the cultivated land are rose 
es 
plantations, in Klissure 25 per cent., in Gorna kissileri 24 per cent., and in Bogas” 
17 per cent. The price of the rose éardens has been subject to a very considerable 
rise in the course of the last few years. Whereas about ten to fifteen years ago the | $ 
price of a ready planted garden was fr. 100.— to fr. 150.— per dekare, this price has — : 
now risen to fr. 250.— up to fr. 300.—. Wages are comparatively low, amounting to : 
about fr. 2.— to fr. 2.50 a day for the field and harvest workers. — : fe 
For many years France was the principal buyer of Bulgarian rose oil; in 1911, 
however, Germany took the lead, as she bought in this year alone fr. 2723023 worth — 
of rose oil from Bulgaria. Other important customers are England | and the United 
States. Rose water is exported in comparatively small quantities. - ates 
About the rose oil business the German Consulate-General in Constantingwie 
reports as under’): In consequence of the high prices ruling for rose oil in 1913 many — 
-consumers in Europe as well as America took up cheap and synthetic substitutes. Of 7 
the 1913 crop about 350000 miscals (1 miscal = 4.811 gr.) were left unsold in Bulgaria _ 
and about 30000 miscals in Anatolia. Besides, stocks from previdie crops may have ¢ 
found themselves in the hands of dealers and speculators. Same ao 
The result of the 1914 rose crop of Bulgaria is estimated at 750000 miscals of S 
oil, and 130000 miscals in Asia Minor. As the adulteration of rose oil is now carried | 
on to an unprecedented degree even by the farmers, Anatolian oils were valued higher 
as far back as 1913, and paid higher than Bulgarian oils, i. e., up to M 3000.— per kilo, 
as against -H 1600.— to -# 2500.—. Owing to the outbreak of the war there was no 
uniformity in the quotations current on the Constantinople market, but the high prices 
ruling in 1913, based as they were on machinations on the part of speculators, and 
‘not on the law of supply and demand, could not be kept up.- The pe tuck: price 
declined gradually until -Z 1200.— per kilo was reached. saa 
There are efforts at work to transplant the oe Bulgarian rose oil | industry in in an et 
