iVoducf/owA— Grapea are now ripe about Aleppo, but re- main till November or December (Korte, p. 671). Dates are to be found ripe at Jericho, but they seldom come to maturity at Jerusalem (Shaw, p. 297). Apple and pear trees present ripe fruit, but of an inferior kind. The nectarine jields a fruit most agreeable in flavor and immense In slse (i^haw, p. 129, 180). The vintage begins In fevored situations. The cauliflower and parsnip are sown this month (Runsel, p. ?5; Shaw, p. 126). The gourd called ettrtd ripens (Russel, p. 26). There la no longer a aopply of paatorage tar the eatUe CSiaw, PL 150).
AUGUST.
WMther.—The aky la aerene and feir during thia month, and the heat ia extreme (Schalz,Ire<^dfldoAae.v, 872). Tbe
mereury, until tiioae daya when the donda rise, eoaUniMi tht aame aa in the laat month; afterward it fella aboat 4* or 6^. So at Aleppo (Ruaael, p. 162). On the 18th soow ie aaen on the summits of Lebanon (Korte, Keiae^ p. 471).
/Vodtffl ions.— The first clusters of the vine, whicb blnaarai ed at Antaradus In Mareh, now oome to maturity, ai^ are ready for gathering (Brocard, p. 888). The fig, properly lo
called, which remains a long while on the tree, and is alvayi reckoned, in tlw sacred wrUlngs, among summer frnit, may now be gathered at Algiers (Shaw, p. 120). Tbe cultivated
olive-tree yields ripe olives this month In the environs of Jcrl- cho (Tachudl, Reym). Pomegranates ripen. The ehrub ai- Hetmif^ brought out of Egypt Into Palestine, puts forth leaves this month, and then ftiagrant bloasoms, whleh the Turks, hj various artificial methods, endeavor to prodnoe eooner (Bu- woli;i,68).
SEPTEMBER.
Weather.—ThB mercury remains the same at the t^ifliiiwiwg of thia month aa at Uie end of Augnat, except that In the after- noon it risea (Russel, p. 14). Although the days are very hot, the nighto are extremely cold (Schulxe, p. 417-tfO). Rata falls toward the end of the month, but the iminy season gen- erally c<»nmenoes now (TschudI, p. 286).
ProdvetionM. — Russel says that the Syrians begin to ploag^ about the end of this month (Aleppoyp. 16). The palm pre- sents ripe datea now in Upper Egypt (Radxlvil, p. 179). Tbe pomegranate, pear, and plum trees are laden with frnlt ia thia month in the gardena of Damaacua (Scholze, p. 448). According to Korte, cotton, which waa aown the year before, and haa lain all tbe winter, ia now gathered ripe {RetMt p. 576).
OCTOBER.
Weather.— Tfno extreme heat Is now abated, although eta great in the daytime, the air being rondi refreshed by cold fai the night, by which the dew, that Is much more dense In this southern climate. Is fttwen (Korte, p. 257). The rains which now ikU are called eariy or former rains (n^i*% vpmmo<), and come in frequent showers. The winds are seldom very atnog, but variable. After the rains the mercury descends gimdnal- ly to 60<* (RusaeTa Alappo^ p. 166).
/VoduoffofM.— Wheat la aown by the Araba ahont Algiers In the middle of thia month (Shaw, p. 128). Rnsael Inforen ua that H Is sown at Aleppo about the same time; so that It seems probable this Is the time of sowing it in Palestine {Al^t- ;;o,p.l6). The third dusters of the vine, which In the month of May had produced another small branch, loaded with the latter grapea, must be gathered this month (Bronard, p. 33S). The olive-tree produces ripe olives toward the latter end of October in the empfre of Morocco, and the pomegranate also now yields ripe ftnit at the same place (Hriet, p. 804, 807). Lettuces, endives, cresses, spinach, beets, etc, may be gather- ed at Algiera tram this month tfll June (Shaw*s Travels, n. 126). ^
NOVEMBER.
Weathsr.—Jt the rains have not already feUen, thev certain, ly fall this month (Shaw*s TraveU, p. 990). The aim*a heat, although not so great in the daytime, is, however, etlQ vio- lent; but the nights are very oold and uncomfortable for travellers, many of whom Journey by night, carrying tordws before them (Ck>tovic Hin. Hieros. p. 834). The mercury;, as the month advances, gradually falls from 60^ to 00^ (Rnaael, p. 156).
Productions.— TMi Is the time for the general aowlnf^ of com, as wheat, sea or apelt, and barley, in Paleatine, at Al^- po, and In Lower Egypt (Korte, p. 189; Shaw, p. 128). Datea are stUl gathered in Egypt in the middle of this month (Tlkcai- son, ii, 176). The trees till this period retain their leaves; and at Aleppo the vintage UstB to the 15th inat (Russel, p. 14).
DECEMBER.
Weather.— Thia is the firet winter month ; the cold is ptere- ing, and sometimes fetal to those not inured to the climate. Yet rain is more common than snow, which, when it fiiBa, very quickly thaws (Korte, p. 585; Mariti, it 187). The winds, as in the last month, nsutflv blow fh>m the east or north. They are seldom vic^t. Trie mereury stands at 46^, and is aul^ect to very alight alterations (Russel, p. 165, 166).
iVodiic^!on«.— Com and pulse are sown during this month, aa at the end of October. Sugar-canes now ripen, and are cut down at Cyprus (Ck>tovicns, lUner. Hieron. p. 187). The grass and herbs are again springing out of the ground nftw the rains, and the Arabs now drive Uieir flocks down froat the mountains into the plains (Raui^olf, i, 118). See Aobicxjltuxb.