A Collection of Nuts and Dried Fruits Presented 
by the Ameer of Afghanistan. 
His Majesty, Habi bull ah. Khan, sent the above collec- 
tion through his special representative, Mr. A. C. Jewett, 
who brought it as baggage and delivered it in person to 
the Department. For each sample he had prepared special 
lithographed labels, giving the correct name of the fruit 
and the locality from which it came. As the winters in 
Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, are bleak, cold and 
dry, the fruits grown there should prove hardy in our 
Middle States. Among the most interesting of the collec- 
tion are the excellent apricots, raisins, Elaeagnus fruits, 
and dried white mulberries. The latter form almost the 
exclusive food of hundreds of thousands of Afghans for 
many months of the year. This use of dried mulberries 
suggests a new tree food crop. Analyses of these dried 
mulberries show their high food values. 
