Fruits such as apples, apricots, quinces, figs, pears, cherries, berries, and grapes grew in orchards or the river valleys. |
Its great stone ramparts had a probable total circuit of a third of a mile and were surrounded by a 14-acre estate which included six orchards. |
The country is sufficiently fertile, covered with corn fields and orchards, and intersected by sudden acclivities with flat summits. |
The rain is expected to give some respite to the withering kharif crops and orchards in Himachal. |
The wilderness of saltbush and scrub has given way to orchards and vineyards, to wheats and rice. |
After graduating he cofounded a kibbutz, working with others to transform deserts into green pastures and orchards. |