kermouse

Updated: January 14, 2026

The fig-tree, the palm, and the olive, are characteristic of the Holy Land, and therefore deserve our more particular attention. In regard to the first, the earliest fruit produced, which is usually ripe in June, is called the boccore; the later, or proper fig, being rarely fit to be gathered before the month of August. The name of these last is the kermez, or kermouse.

Michael Russell - Palestine or the Holy Land : From the Earliest Period to the Present Time