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FRUIT-TREES IN KASHMEER. 
ARTICLE II. 
ON THE FRUIT-TREES IN KASHMEER, AND THE NEIGHBOURING 
COUNTIES. 
BY WM. MOORCROFT, ESQ. 
Being part of a Paper read before the “ Agricultural and Horticultural 
Society of India,” October 13 th, 1823. 
The fleshy and pulpy fruits of Kashmeer, consist of Apples, Pears, 
Quinces, Peaches, Apricots, Plums, Cherries, and Mulberries. 
The shell and stone fruits of Kashmeer, are Pomegranates, Wal¬ 
nuts, and Almonds. Altogether the collection of fruits is highly 
respectable, and announces an attention to Horticulture of no insig¬ 
nificant order. 
The apples may he divided into cultivated and uncultivated varie¬ 
ties : the former are named as under:— 
Kuddooseree, Super-Kundee, Ambree, Kermanee, Khatoon, and 
Moe-ambree. 
The wildings, or those not grafted, are, Suffed, or White Trela, 
Soorkh or red Trela, Jambazee. 
Among the former some have the acid, and others the sweet prin¬ 
ciple largely developed, whilst others again possess an agreeable 
union of both qualities; but in general flavour, all the apples are 
inferior to those of France or England. 
The former of this fruit varies considerably in character betwixt 
oblate-round and conical, and there is also a considerable variety in 
their colouring, which is of green, yellow, and red, in distinct and 
different proportions of commixture. The size, form, and colour of 
the Ambree, entitle it to be held as one of the most beautiful of the 
Apple family; and though thin-skinned and ripe in October, it will 
keep well till April. 
The Apples of Kashmeer are generally inferior to the most fla¬ 
voured kinds of Apples in Europe for the dessert, yet for baking 
some seem almost equal to the codlin; and many are of special pro¬ 
mise for the press. 
Were it necessary to indicate particular varieties, for the latter 
purpose it may be said, that if the red Trela retain its qualities 
when acclinated in India, its juice will yield a beverage perhaps ri¬ 
valling that of the red streak ; and that of the white Trela, one emu¬ 
lating that of the Golden Pippin. 
On the mode of extention it may be sufficient to observe, that 
budding and^grafting are both practised; and that of the latter, the 
process called stock or crown-grafting is simple and successful. 
