CONTENTS. 



Introduction 



Importance of dry-land arboriculture in ancient Africa 



Dry-land olive culture in modern Tunis 



General characteristics of the Sfax region 



Climate 



Topography and soils 



Topography and natural vegetation 



Soils 



The olive orchards of Sfax 



The variety grown : 



Propagation 



Clearing the land 



Planting 



Distance between the trees i 



Time and method of planting 



Watering the young trees 



Tillage 



Manuring 



Pruning 



Harvesting 



Yields obtained 



Relation of rainfall to yields 



Labor 



Utilization of the run-off in olive culture in other parts of Tunis. 



Summary 



Description of plates 



Index 



