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Significant in many plant communities, the carob tree is common in the Coastal Plain and the adjacent foothills, and on the eastern slopes of Galilee and Samaria. The carob tree is a medium-sized evergreen, its trunk often gnarled and densely branched on FRUIT TREES 63 Walnut Juglans regia L. I went down to the nut orchard, to look at the blossoms of the valley, to see whether the vines had budded, whether the pomegranates were in bloom. Song of Solomon 6:11 IT was once thought that the walnut tree might have grown only in the imaginary garden of the Spouse in the Song of Solomon - like the "nard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense, myrrh and aloes, with all chief spices" (4: 13), since the verse in the heading is the sole biblical mention of egoz 'walnut'.
Parts of the pomegranate were once used medicinally, and its bark and rind, once ingredients of ink, are still used for tanning. 62 FRUIT TREES Pomegranate rinds were found in the excavation of Neolithic Gezer. The seeds are eaten fresh or as a confection and can be made into a spiced wine. It is because of these seeds, delectable and refreshing in summer, that the tree has been cultivated for thousands of years. Although nowadays it is giving way to more profitable fruit trees, it was once abundant in the local orchards.
Also common in the market were pistachios and almonds. Poetry and song celebrate trees and their fruit, which symbolize prosperity and peace. The date palm was so strongly established as a symbol for the people of Israel that after conquering the land, the Romans issued coins showing a mourning woman underneath a palm - Judea Capta (Judea in Captivity). Small wonder, then, that it was forbidden to cut down fruit trees: "When you besiege a city for a long time, making war against it in order to take it, you shall not destroy its trees by wielding an axe against them; for you may eat of them, but you shall not cut them down" (Deuteronomy 20 :19).