Show ATTAH ATTAR OF HOSES ROSES lion it is li distilled and prepared for public coris consumption till enquirer 1 I understand that you arc are a wholesale perfumer of new york and Lap I 1 approach aith with the hope 0 of j getting soine points for a newspaper ar article bicle well ell I 1 fear you you have come to a poor place lor your information I 1 never was considered an interesting talker but nevertheless I 1 have seed some interesting things last year I 1 was abroad in the interest of our firm and of course visited ther the establishments of the celebrated world 1 was par tic interested edin in the production and pip preparation of attar of roses which although it only reaches reache susin us in an impure and adulterated elate state ia is BO so highly 0 prized in this country you would greatly oblige me by telling me of what you beard and saw well lvell the tile attar of ros roses s nahi which cb ia is met with in the commercial world is is prod produced prill principally c in the province vince of ito 11 i i a on the southern slopes of the tho balkan mountains where the soil ia is peculiarly adapted to t the he cultivation of the rose tree S small a 11 quantities arc are produced in india and persia but ore are used entirely in home consumption the same may be said of the attar of roses made in in the south of france which scarcely supplies the consumption of the producing places the attar of tunis is probably of the beat best quality but ia is very high in in price and very little is ex po ported r ted what esthe is the processor proc process essof of prodoc lion the tile attar produced in roumelia nelia 13 ia in made ade by distillation from the rasa danea scina whose color colors co loris ps as a rule a bright red it is sometimes butra but rarely rebr white it ia is not very full as it flower and blooms in may and june the rose trees when full 1111 grown reach a height of about six feet and aud are planted in rows they have to be tended very carefully front from the flie autumn to the time of gathering the tile flowers flowen when ju n full bloom are plucked before s sunrise sometime sith and sometimes without the calyx but only in such quantities as can be Q distilled on oil the day lay fliey are plucked the rile di distilling illing apparatus consists of a it plain III tinned luned still from which a I long aig cur curved ved tube is directed tair through ug a tubo tube filled with fresh water and empties into a big bottle meyeral such apparatus arc are ustia usually lly stan standing diug on rough stone beartha hearths by the tile side of each other and if possible ble close to a brook in tho the shade of trees the firing is done with wood which ch formerly under turkish sli rule every peasant wo waa s allowed to fell without having to pay fr it but which has now now to 0 be p paid all I 1 for and as large quantities are required for the distillation the I 1 producing r 0 0 C i 9 cost of the attar Is is considerably sider i 1 rb r ably b 1 y enhanced enhance according to the 8 size 1 ze of the tile apparatus para pa ratus tui the still may machold hold twenty five to fifty pounds of roses on oil igich about double that quantity of water is poured and is boiled bri for about half an hour the tile distill distilled cd liquid ia is collected in the bottle that stands at the mouth of tho the cooling tube and the attar of rose w which separates irenr the 1 vater appears on tho the surface of the water w where I 1 ter e it is skimmed either thy by means of a thin tin tube or a spoon poon the distilled water is again used fur for distill distillation atiq n 1 and constitutes ultimately tely tha s ibie oe water which enters into trAde chiefly at constantinople tin ti where it brings comparatively hig high h prices as it is largely employed in oriental cooking and confectionery the attar atter after being skimmed offin off in sufficient quantities Is is put in copper cans caus naich which aro are doubly sealed what about the yield ithe the tree do not attain their maximum producing capacity until ali the e fourth year when they yield from 2500 to pounds per acre The they yaro are very sensible to cold and are easily casily frozen fogs and ral rains ris are also very fatal to the blossom blossoms but they the yield ielI depends most m 0 t cfall of til on the weather during the time i mo oi jot distillation the latter lasts pottie sometimes times only oily ten ter days when tiie the weather lier is warm and the sky clear whereas it may require as much as one ond months time atme and ani even more if the 8 sky ky is cloudy clouds especially if rain ram fans falls at iii intervals in the first case the yield is almost always unfavorable as the tile rosca are blooming all at tho the same time and as there is no nd time to gather and work them thein all the tile odor ot of the flour soon vAni vanishes dud find the yield of altar attar is ll 11 alich less in consequence so that to to produce one miskal about three andone and one half pell pennyweights penny fly weigh weights ts fro from in fifty five to aughty fiva five pounds of rose leaves are arc required which ia is equal to from froni pounds pound ofle of leaves v es io to one pound of attar when the ilic weather ip i and jile the pubs filo bloom m gra gradually dlly twenty eight to thirty three pounds 1 and aada a iraq 0 01 ane poun pound of attar pure attar 4 0 oo 00 A loo LAM roses when distilled with due care ia is at first col colorless orleAs but soon takes a yellowish color there ia is much adulteration I 1 suppose IdY regmore esmore than you youcan can imagine as is there ia is no certain way of detection alcohol is often mixed with it as is 19 sometimes spermaceti but the most important falsifying medium is oil of geranium moderate ad editions of which defy detection the sense of smell is the only real test for the quality of the oil and a judge to be first class must havela d years of expert experience ence the attar 0 of f the valleys is considered finer ner an and d sweeter than that made in the high er situated villages who are the producers generally well there are those who cultivate large rose farms and make dis tilling a business but many of the peasants enter into it on a small scale with good profits the ex of the business are increasing however the distillers buy roses rose s for delivery and distil dastil them by which process and owina to the bi high gh prices paid for roses and wages the cost of the attar is of course greater than in the case of the peasants the distillers therefore re sort to falsifications with oil of geranium which specially prepared is is sprinkled on the rose leaves previous to the distillation and is thus amalgamated with the attar A middling crop amounts to about inis kals or about pounds but there have been crops of only about 1500 pounds in in 1872 and on the other haal hand of as Is much as pounds in 1873 the prices vary and are regulated by the yield and by the demand from abroad as the export anly is is taken into account eco tint the home consumption being coin comparatively parati vely tr trifling i flin 1 bearing as a rule on heavily adult adulterated aerated es essence sencA during the season just passed it ranged near per pound while during tn past it has nut not been under this of course is the first wholesale price at constantinople the great distributing market of the world for this commodity purity of quality haa has all to do with the price attar of roses of some sort can call be supplied at almost any price |