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Table 46. — Seedtime and harvest months in Argentina 
Crop 
Planting season 
Beginning 
Ending 
Harvesting season 
Beginning Ending 
Alfalfa (seed). 
Apples 
Apricots 
Asparagus 
April. 
March 
October. .. 
September 
August 
September 
April 
September 
-.-do 
Throughout year 
September | November 
Throughout year 
October 
--_-do 
September. 
December- 
January 
November- 
December.. 
October 
January 
December,. 
November. 
Barley 
Beans, string 
Beans, dry 
Beets 
Bioomcorn 
Cabbage 
Cantaloupes September. 
Canary seed do 
Castor beans do 
Coffee do 
Corn do 
Cotton do 
Cherries do 
Cucumbers July 
Currants September. 
Eggplant do 
Flaxseed May 
Garlic 
Grain sorghums 
Grapes (plants) 
Hemp ! September 
Hops (seed) I do 
Jute I do 
Lemons [ Throughout year 
Lettuce do 
Mandarins ! August September. 
Mandioca September October. 
Oats March May. 
Onions February October. 
Oranges August September. 
Peaches September. 
Peanuts October November. 
Pears do. 
Throughout year. 
September. 
August. 
January. 
October. 
January. 
August.. 
November- 
October 
....do ___. 
—do 
November. 
Peppers January 
Plums September. 
Potatoes August 
Quinces October 
Radishes 
Ramie (seed) 
Raspberries 
Rice 
Rye 
Squash 
Strawberries 
Sugar cane 
Sweet potatoes . 
Tobacco 
Tomatoes 
Turnips — 
Watermelons 
Wheat 
Yerba mate (plants) 
m 
September. . 
March. 
Throughout year. 
September... 
October 
August 
March 
September... 
April 
November 
August 
September... 
July- 
October 
November- 
October 
May 
December- 
August 
December- 
September. 
March 
January... 
January.. _ 
December. 
April 
November 
December. 
April 
Throughout year. 
March ) April 
Throughout year 
April. 
May. 
March. 
February. 
May. 
December. 
May. 
Do. 
January. 
December.. 
March 
June 
March 
February.. 
December.. 
do 
do 
January 
November- 
April. 
January. 
May. 
August. 
April. 
Do. 
February. 
April. 
January. 
April. 
December. 
Throughout year. 
March April. 
February March. 
do Do. 
March May. 
do 
Throughout year. 
Do. 
February I June. 
January May. 
November | December. 
Throughout year. 
February . 
December. 
March 
January.-. 
December- 
January--. 
February. 
do___. 
June. 
April. 
May. 
June. 
May. 
March. 
June. 
March 
Throughout year. 
Throughout year. 
September. 
May 
February.. 
February. 
November- 
July 
April 
December 
January 
December.. . 
November.. 
do 
July 
April 
March i May. 
do Do, 
November June. 
Thioughout year 
April. 
March. 
February. 
December. 
April. 
September. 
June. 
January. 
November. 
May 
April. 
December. 
September. 
Price of Land 
Owing to the fact that the land of Argentina originally cost noth- 
ing, that from the beginning it was taken up by individuals in large 
tracts and for several generations these large estates have passed by 
inheritance from parents to children, together with the fact that 
immigration has been small, transfers of land for a money con- 
sideration are relatively infrequent and there is much diversity of 
opinion as to its selling price. In general it may be said that when 
land sells or is advertised for sale in Argentina, the price is about 
one-third to one-half the price of land of the same quality and similar 
situation with reference to shipping stations, centers of population, 
