ŠLJIVA U PRIVREDI BOSNE I HERCEGOVINE (1861-1918)

Abstract

Abstract Few products, which today seem so marginal, had capital importance for national well-being and the country's economy like plums. Bosnia and Herzegovina had particularly favorable climatic and pedological features for plum cultivation. These natural bene- fits and the multiple possibility of exploitation have enabled the plum to take a dominant place among Bosnian fruits. Its economic importance did not go unnoticed by the Ottoman and later Austro-Hungarian authorities, who paid special attention to it. Therefore, it should not be surprising that in the observed period the plum was a kind of national treasure, and plum growing was the most developed branch of fruit growing. The Austro-Hungarian occu- pation authorities especially improved the method of processing and the sale of plums and contributed to its beco- ming an important economic branch. Keywords Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ottoman Empire, Austria-Hungary, Posavina, Brčko, plum, prune, jam, trade