The Forrest City times., 1896-09-11
AMERICAN ALTAR or RoseS
krerts Being Made TO Produce IL in Gus
>orthera states

kferts Being Made TO Produce IL in Gus
sesthera states.
At the Atlanta exhibition quite q va
rlety OF American perfamery made n
the southern states was exhibited. and
attracted considerable attention.
New efforts have been made toward
manufacturing the famous -atfar os
roses and the dsmask rose bush. the
Rosa Danascena Of the Balkans. has
been introduced in the thermal belts
where every condition seems favorable
10 its growth. This IS the rose from
which 50 per cent. of the altar Of roses
Is made. Ii is the ancestor from which
the Infinite variety Of hybrid perpetual
roses derive large part Of their blood
Other sorts Of roses have been tired fos
distilling the celebrated perfume. bur
only two others yield even a fain. trace
Of this essence. Ore of these is the
white musk rose and the other dark.
eyed variety Of Damascena. but they dc
not contain more than one-half the per-
fume found in the bushy darnask rose.
The question of making this rise dc
we'll in any other part Of the world has
been doubted for some years. After the
Turkish war of ISIS. thar government
having lost its Balkan provinces. and
with them. the rose gardens. undertook
10 transfer the industry TO Asia Minor
but while the bushes grew and produced
immense numbers of roses near Broussa
50 little atfnr could be extracted frorr
them that the enterprise was aban-
doned, After that il was though. that
the damask rose could be made to pro
duce its altar only on the south slope
Of the Balkans. where il has grown for
ages
But within the last three years an.
other experiment has been made with
the roses. and this has proved so sue.
cessful that the gardeners have con-
cluded that similar conditions as thoss
prevailing in the Balkans can be found
In this country. Extensive plantations
OF the rose bushes were made in ths
neighborhood Of Leipsic, Germany. and
the roses yielded such an amount OF at
tar that an enormous industry has sud.
denly grown up. The nanufactory neai
Leipsic treats during the season 5000
0C0 roses day and extracts from their
500 pounds Of altar per year. As the
altar sells for about SIX dollars per
ounce. the value of this new industry
cen be readily estimated. although about
50 900 roses are required to make ar
ounce. The distillery is placed in the
middle of the rose garden. so that the
flowers reach the stills within few
minutes after they are cut
Although the mention of the altar oi
roses carries us back TO the east and sugs
gests Immediately its Persian origin.
the manufacture practically died out
three years ago. and the center OF the
business has been for long time In
the country about kanzanlik. on the
south slope of the Balkans, close 10 the
Shipka or Wild Rose pass. made famous
in the history of the Russo-Turlish war
The rose belt extends to length OF
about II miles and with an average
breadth of ten miles On this ground
are produced annually from 5000. .ooo..
600 TO 5000. .0oo. 900 rose blossoms But
now that the Leipsic distillery is in full
operation. the business in the Balkans
has been seriously injured. The only
question remaining TO complete the his
tory of this industry is to find out
whether il can be transferred 10 thin
country. From present indications il
seems as IL il could. and instead Of inn.
porting hundreds of thousands of dol
lars worth Of perfumery. our dealers
will find the supply right at their door
-Philadelphia Times