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Title: Sacred geography, and antiquities
Year: 1872 (1870s)
Authors: Barrows, E. P. (Elijah Porter), 1807-1888
Subjects: Bible
Publisher: New York : American Tract Society
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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for produce with those of Judaea. Dr.Hooker (in Smiths Bible Diet., art. Palestine) speaks of bunches pro-duced near Hebron which are sometimes so long that, when attached toa stick which is supported on the shoulders of two men, the tip of thebunch trails on the ground. Compare Numb. 13 : 23. The terraced hillsof Judaea were once covered in great part with vineyards, and could beagain under suitable culture. Next in importance to the vine is the olive. The olive-tree, with itsgray bark, knotted and gnarled limbs, and dull foliage, forms a very stri-king feature of the landscape of Palestine. Olive orchards with theirprecious crop constitute now, as from time immemorial, one of the chiefsources of wealth to the inhabitants of the land. Corn and wine andoil—by these three staple products the holy land is often characterized. The fig constitutes another important crop. It is planted like the olivein orchards, which are carefully cultivated, and it bears two or three cropsin the year.
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ALMOND-TREE. PALESTINE. 217 The sycamore is a species of fig with a leaf resembling that of the mul-berry. Hence its Greek name si/camoros, that is, jig-mulberry. The tree,•which is of considerable size, thrives on the plains and in the vales whereit is not exposed to severe cold. 1 Chron. 27 : 28. The fruit grows directlyfrom the trunk itself on little sprigs, and in clusters like grapes. Thoughinferior to the true fig, it constitutes an important article of food. Itswood, though light and porous, is very durable; and was much usetf an-ciently for doors and various articles of furniture ; for mummy cases also,it is said. The pomegranate is rather a bush than a tree, with a dark green foliageand crimson flowers. It bears a large reddish-colored fruit filled with nu-merous seeds, surrounded with juicy pleasant tasted pulp. The beauty ofthe fruit caused it to be selected as an ornament of the high-priestsrobes (Ex. 28 : 33, 34; 39 : 24-26); and of the pillars to Solomons temple(1 King

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