. Across Asia Minor on foot . y the same rocks, make thegorge and its ravines a gigantic hothouse. But thefruit is that of the colder latitudes; for the winterclimate is severe — there were temperatures muchbelow zero during the year of my visit. The finestapples known in Constantinople and the Levant, fineas the best to be found anywhere, come from theseorchards. In Amasia some call them Englishapples, the original stock having been introducedfrom England nearly a century ago: the equallyfamed Isbarta pears, grown in the lake district ofsouthern Asia Minor, are called English pears forthe sam
. Across Asia Minor on foot . y the same rocks, make thegorge and its ravines a gigantic hothouse. But thefruit is that of the colder latitudes; for the winterclimate is severe — there were temperatures muchbelow zero during the year of my visit. The finestapples known in Constantinople and the Levant, fineas the best to be found anywhere, come from theseorchards. In Amasia some call them Englishapples, the original stock having been introducedfrom England nearly a century ago: the equallyfamed Isbarta pears, grown in the lake district ofsouthern Asia Minor, are called English pears forthe same reason. Amasia apples are of no sortknown to me ; but climate and other conditions ofgrowth may have changed well-known characteristics. If it is easy to understand why Seljuk sultansshould have liked Amasia, less apparent are thecauses which drew or sent here a German colonyduring the first half of last century. They estab-lished silkworm farms; they exported silk; laterthey built steam flour-mills; they engaged in other. < 5
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