The Carob Tree

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The Carob Tree
P Gennadios
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But in case of rain the damage is not irreparable, as the surface of the bean being leatherlike and smooth, the carob does not retain the water and become damp. The water runs off the surface without soaking through the heap and two or three day's sunning in August would suffice in Cyprus to evaporate all the moisture which the surface of the heap may have retained after rain, ( a ) Three Government donums are equal to an acre, that is, each donum contains 14520 sq. Feet, ( a ) L' agricoltura m
...eridionale. Page 306, ( 8 ) Manuale di arboricoltura, page 387, For this reason all the crop at Pyrgos and the surrounding villages which amounts to 3-4, 000 tons, and which is considered of the best quality, and also the crop of other villages of the Island, is collected together every year by the merchants who purchase it, and heaped up along the shore ; it is left to remain in the open air for 3 or 4 weeks until it is shipped.
In the Carpass, on account of purely local reasons, carobs are usually collected before they are quite ripe*, and in this state, if stored at once, they rot ; many people for this reason before storing usually spread them for some days on the terraces of their houses to dry.


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