| Year. | Quantity. | Value. |
| Tons. | £ | |
| 1904-05 | 31,887 | 104,301 |
| 1905-06 | 26,187 | 85,105 |
| 1906-07 | 44,965 | 157,452 |
| 1907-08 | 42,381 | 151,610 |
| 1908-09 | 57,010 | 188,841 |
| 1909-10 | 44,059 | 157,972 |
| 1910-11 | 37,485 | 145,590 |
| 1911-12 | 51,359 | 182,883 |
| 1912-13 | 63,658 | 251,750 |
| 1913-14 | 44,989 | 179,027 |
The falling-off in 1913-14 was mainly due to the losses caused by the fly Cecidomyia ceratoniæ.
The fruit of the carob is exported mostly to England, but also to France and Egypt, and more recently, before the war, to Germany. Gaudry mentions that about the middle of last century it was exported to Russia, Sardinia and Austria. Some is used, in Egypt and the Levant especially, as food for the poorer classes and for making sweets and sherbets. Its chief use in Western Europe is as food for animals, bovine and equine, for which purpose it is ground up and made into either meal or cattle cakes. It is also said to be employed in the manufacture of chocolate and spirit, and there is a demand for the seed for use in the manufacture of certain gums.
The juice of the bean, "carob honey," locally called "mavromelos," "teratsomelo" or "betmezi," is consumed as a substitute for bee-honey or jam and also as a flavouring for culinary purposes. From the carob honey is also made the sweetmeat "pastelli."
At one time carobs were used in Cyprus for fattening mules and other animals, but, unfortunately, this practice died out. Efforts are now being made to revive it, and the advantages of this local product are again becoming recognised.
The carob contains some 50 per cent. of saccharine matter and the interesting question has been raised in recent years as to whether the bean might not become a new source of sugar production.
Lucerne (Medicago sativa)
This plant was introduced about eighteen years ago, but in spite of its undoubted success when properly grown on suitable soil, the Cypriot farmer was for many years very slow to make use of it. Every effort has been made of late years to encourage its cultivation and during the last three or four years there has been a steadily increased demand for seed. Irrigation is necessary in order to obtain a satisfactory yield, but there are many farms where it might be grown with great advantage. Its value for cattle food is generally recognised, and now that greater attention is being given to dairy cattle, lucerne would seem to have an assured future.
Vetch (Vicia Ervilia)