Lower coast gazette., 1914-11-28

conditions etc., August | have been received
from consuls stationed at Barcelona and Valen-
cia, Spain: Athens, Greece; Constantinople and
Saloniki. Turkey in Europe; Aleppo. Turkey IN
Asia; and Algiers, Algeria.
Spain. The United States consul at Valen-
cia. reporting on conditions in that consular
district, where most of the Spanish oranges are
grown, states that a large crop OF oranges OF
good quality is now anticipated, although no at
tempt is made to estimate the quantity. Meteor
ological conditions have been generally favor
able. and should they continue SO during August
and September the yield will probably consti-
tute a record. Mandarins are in the same cat
egory as oranges, with an equally favorable out
look as regards the size and quality OF the crop.
The cultivation of lemons is of very minor I'M
p~ortanca> Lines. %citrons. pomelos, and cedrats
! are not cultivated in this district.
Consul General Carl Bailey Hurst. Barcelona,
reports the condition of oranges. lemons, and
citrons in that consular district as excellent.
Lines, pomelos. mandarins. and cedrats are not
grown. The orange picking season is December
to April; lemons and c%itrons, January to April.
The principal orange-producing and orange
exporting country bordering on the Mediterran'
can is Spain. The Spanish groves are located
almost exclusively in Provinces of the eastern
coast, chiefly in Valencia and Caste]lon. In
these two Provinces were growing in 1910 over
81 GD acres of this fruit; whereas in all the
other Provinces a total of only 10000 were re-
ported, the total for Spain being III, 900 acres.
The orange crop in 1910 was S76, 600 short tons.
Lemon culture is, on the contrary, not an in
dustry Of great Importance in Spain. The total
area of lem "A trees in 1910 was 5000 acres and
the crop amounted to 70, 900 short tons.
Portugal. In Portugal no periodical reports
on the area and condition of citrus fruit are
published, The latest official figures on pro-
duction relate only to 1909; as furnished by
Consul Will w. Lowrie, Lisbon, they are as fol-
lows, and refer to the number of fruit: Oranges
2l4, 500, 900; tangerines, 30, 090, 900; lemons.
49, 1870, 600; and cedrats, 318,0 DOC.
The principal producing Provinces are Lis
bao, Santarem, and Porto. The three provinces
in 1909 produced lis, 600, 600 oranges. almost
q, 200, 600 tangerines, almost 2,0Q0,0 900 lemons,
and 128, 00O cedrats. The fruit is grown quite
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Greece. Respecting the area, production,
ETC.. of citrus fruit in Greece. writes Consul
General Alexander W. Waddell, No Govern.
ment estimates are obtainable." 1t is a little
early" he continues, TO make definite predic-
tons respecting oranges, lemons and mandarins
the only citrus fruit grown in this district, but
present indications are for a fair crop, that Of
oranges perhaps 20 per cent ahead Of last year.
Turkey. The United States consuls at Con-
stantinople and Saloniki, Turkey. report citrus
fruits not grown for commercial purposes in
their districts.
In the Aleppo district, Syria, Consul ]. B.
Jackson reports the production Of citrus fruits
as not extensive, in fact there is none whatever
for export.
Algeria. The number of citrus trees in Al
geria in 1912, as returned by the Algerian Bu-
reau of Agriculture, were as follows: Oranges,
783, 34l bearing trees and los, 490 non-bearing;
lemons, 1873, 439 bearing and 20, POP non-bearing;
mandarins, 451, 1888 bearing and "a, 155 nom
bearing trees. Exports of oranges from AL
geria were 4. BAT short tons in 1912 and 6,223 in
1918, while exports Of mandarins amounted to
9,728 short tons in 1912 and 7,442 in 1913.
Oranges and mandarins in Algeria are pick
ed from November to May, lemons all the year
round. "A considerable portion of the citrus
trees in Algeria states Consul Dean b. Mason,
Algiers, are planted in gardens, fields, etc.,
among other trees and crops, so that accurate
statistics of the area would be extremely diff
cult, ifnot impossible, to secure; the data as to
the number of trees, therefore, afford more &C.
curate information as to the extent Of citrus
fruit cultivation. No statistics are kept as to
the production, or as to the condition. Of grow
ing citrus fruits.
United States. In the United States the con-
dition of oranges on October l is estimated to
be Ill per cent higher than a year ago, and 2,2
per cent higher than the 10-year average con-
dition on October l. The condition of lemons is
estimated to be &c. per cent higher than q year
ago and 2.3 per cent higher than the 10-year
average condition.