HORTICULTURE AND GARDENING IN IREVAN PROVINCE (second half of the 19th - early 20th centuries)

Abstract

The article is devoted to the research of the development of horticulture and gardening, which played an important role in agriculture, in the Irevan province in the second half of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries. It’s hould be noted that in the orchards of this province various varieties of apples, grapes, peaches, apricots, plums, cherries, persimmons, quinces, figs, nuts, pomegranates, mulberries, dogwoods, barberries, in the gardens - watermelons, melons and various types of greens. According to some sources, many different types of fruits of the Irevan province were also popular not only in the South Caucasus, but also in neighboring countries. The fruits not only satisfied the internal needs of the province itself, but also were exported to neighboring provinces and states. The article also received coverage of not only the types of gardens and vegetable gardens, but also the management of them.