| The AUZONIA, an Italian Ship from Alexandria The members aboard. Beirut - the Mediterranean front. "A Phoenician style bread this is!". "How about carrying one on your arm for lunch, Sir? Good idea!". An ancient difficult pass at nahar el kalb in the north of the city. The epigraphs on a cliff tell the stories of the Assyrian, Egyptian and many other great conquerors in the history, who passed here. The road leads through the olive plantations south to Sidon, a Phoenician port, known for a crusade castle on the sea. The samples of Aegilops from Lebanon. From the left they are: longissima, crassa, umbellulata, ovata, biuncialis and 3 forms of variabilis. Happy to introduce ourselves: YAMASHITA, SUZUKA on side seat, and TANAKA on back seat. There lies the range of Mt. Hermon. In 1906, AHRONSOHN found T. dicoccoides, a wild Emmer, from its skirting area. A habitat in Soueida, Southern Syria, was adorned with Cousinia and Adonis. We hunted for T. dicoccoides, and finally we found the species there, between lime stones. To Northern Syria. Villagers were just busy in harvesting wheat. The farm houses have cone formed roofs. They explained a hole on the roof top is good for ventilation. Leaving the village, near Aleppo, we advanced toward the Turkish border. Our trouble was to go through the necessary procedures to clear the custom. But we had to, because plant species grow without recognizing political boundaries. Everything was okayed, and we entered Turkey, accompanying a Syrian fly on the wind shield of our jeep. Boys came to our jeep to sell wheat decorations they had made. Poor botanists, though, we were merely interested in the species used - - -T. durum. People were curious to observe strange visitors on a Japanese jeep. A cap became a symbol of Turks, since KEMAL PASHA abolished the traditional fez worn for centuries. Ankara, the capital of Turkey. The ATATURK Boulvard with its modern atmosphere. We visited the Department of Agronomy, of the Ankara University. Dr.TOSUN showed us his fields. He told us that Triticum monococcum, a diploid species, is widely cultivated in Turkey. |
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