The Dispossession of the Peasantry (ص 196)

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production.
Table 4.3 shows that there was a substantial difference between the
consumption and imports of vegetables by the Jewish European settlers. Given the
low production of vegetables by the Jewish European farmers, such that as late as
1937, total output amounted to only 12,500 tons, it is safe to assume the obvious
that the bulk of the shortfall was provided by local Arab production. Similarly, it is
definite that most, if not all, of the Jewish European consumption of tomatoes and
cucumbers came from local Arab production because of the fact that at least in the
case of tomatoes, local production was sufficient for the country, although there
was a ban on its import for “photo-sanitary” reasons through 1935.” This is
substantiated by the fact that Jewish European vegetable imports consisted
primarily of potatoes, onions, and garlic, and for 1926-1928 completely so.”
4.1.2 Citrus
The second cash crop was citrus, which was the most valuable of all crops.
The planting and export of citrus preceded both the Mandate period and the earlier
European Jewish settlement. However, it was during the Mandate period that it
underwent a rapid and substantial growth following the disruptions of WWI, when
many trees were abandoned or uprooted (see Table 4.4).
“Brown in Himadeh, 161, 201; Survey I, 453.
Keren Hayesod, Statistical Palestine, Table 66, 127-8.
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