Tree Quotes

~Trees~

* Cacoa Tree: “Do the trees grow near here?” I asked. “No, Mistress,” he said. “We obtain the beans, from which the chocolate is made, from Cosian merchants, who in turn, obtain them from the tropics.” Kajira of Gor

* Cherry Tree: “Does Master enjoy my taste?” she asked. “The lipstick is flavored,” I said. “I know,” she said. “It reminds me of the cherries of Tyros,” I said. “I do not know what the flavor is,” she said, “but it is lovely, is it not?” Beasts of Gor

* Flahdah: “Occasionally we passed a water hole, and the tents of nomads. About some of these water holes there were a dozen or so small trees, flahdah trees, like hat-topped umbrellas on crooked sticks, not more than twenty feet high; they are narrow branched, with lanceolate leaves.” Tribesman of Gor

* Flower Tree: “And so we sat with our backs against the flower tree in the House of Saphrar, merchant of Turia. I looked at the lovely, dangling loops of interwoven blossoms which hung from the curved branches of the tree. I knew that the clusters of flowers which; cluster upon cluster, graced those linear, hanging stems, would each be a bouquet in itself, for the trees are so bred that the clustered flowers emerge in subtle, delicate patterns of shades and hues.” Nomads of Gor

* Hogarthe Tree: “Trees with white-barked with shimmering green leaves, that stand about fifty feet tall and are common in the vicinity of water in the Barrens. Their shape is reminiscent of Earth poplar trees.” Blood Brothers of Gor

*Ka-la-na Trees: “I had the Gorean short sword in its scabbard, my shield and helmet, and, wrapped in leather, a Gorean long bow of supple Ka-la-na wood, from the yellow wine trees of Gor, tipped with notched bosk horn at each end, loose strung with help and whipped with silk, and a roll of sheaf and flight arrows.”  Raiders of Gor

“He signaled to a boy who  carried a skin of Ka-la-na wine over his shoulder. He took the skin of wine from the boy and bit out the horn plug; he then, with the wineskin on his shoulder, held back the head of  Elizabeth Cardwell with one.” Nomads of Gor

” ‘I am, too,’ I laughed, suddenly aware that I had not eaten anything since the night before.  I was ravenous.  ‘Over there,’ I said, ‘are some Ka-la-na trees.  Wait here and I’ll gather some fruit.” Tarnsman of Gor

“After the meal I tasted the drink, which might not inappropriately be described as an almost incandescent wine, bright, dry, and powerful. I learned later it was called Ka-la-na.” Tarnsman of Gor

“The guards had liked us, muchly, and had apparently expected that they would for, to our delight, they had purchased a small bottle of Ka-la-na wine, in a wicker basket, which they had permitted us, swallow by swallow, to share. I had never tasted so rich and delicate a wine on Earth, and yet here, on this world, it cost only a copper tarn disk and was so cheap, and plentiful, that it might be given even to a female slave. I remembered each of the four swallows which I had had. I tasted them even still, with the meat and bread which I had eaten. It was the first Gorean fermented beverage which I had tasted. It is said that Ka-la-na has an unusual effect on a female. I think it is true.” Captive of Gor

“I turned the bottle so that she might read the label. It was a small bottle of Boleto’s Nectar of the Public Slave Gardens. Boleto is a well-known winegrower from the vicinity of Ar. He is famous for the production of a large number of reasonably good, medium-grade ka-la-nas. This was one of the major wines, and perhaps the best, served in Ar’s public slave gardens; indeed, it had originally been commissioned for that market; hence the name.” Mercenaries of Gor

“Perhaps a tiny glass of ka-la-na,” she said, “among friends.” I looked to the left, Louise, as she had been bidden was watching. I lifted my finger. The Earth girl then leapt up and hurried to the table. At the table she knelt. “A small bottle,” I said, “of the Slave Gardens of Anesidemus.” “I have heard that is a marvelous ka-la-na,” said the free woman, her eyes alight. “So, too, have I,” I said. “It is very expensive,” said the woman.” Mercenaries of Gor

“There are many ka-la-nas, but the one in the colored glass, if it had been in a clear glass, would have been golden in color. The reddish color of the glass infused its contents with something of its own hue. “From the wine trees of Gor,” he said. Prize of Gor

“…and drops of a red, winelike drink made from the fruit of the Ka-la-na tree.” Tarnsman of Gor

* Needle Tree: “…and the needle trees, the evergreens, for masts and spars, and cabin and deck plankings.” Raiders of Gor

“That scent, I knew, a distillation of a hundred flowers, nurtured like a priceless wine, was a secret guarded by the perfumers of Ar. It contained as well the separated oil of the Thentis needle tree; an extract from the glands of the Cartius river urt; and a preparation formed from a disease calculus scraped from the intestines of the rare Hunjer Long Whale, the result of the inadequate digestion of cuttlefish. Fortunately, too, this calculus is sometimes found free in the sea, expelled with feces. It took more than a year to distill, age, blend and bond the ingredients.” Marauders of Gor

* Palm Tree: “More than 1500 varieties of palm trees exist in the rainforest one of which is the Fan Palm more than 20 ft high and spreads it leaves in the form of a an opened fan it is an excellent source of pure water as much as one liter of water being found almost as though cupped at the base of each leaf’s stem.” Explorers of Gor

* Date Palm: “The principal export of the oases is dates and pressed-date bricks. Some of the date palms grow to more than a hundred feet high. It takes ten years before they begin to bear fruit. They will then yield fruit for more than a century. A given tree, annually, yields between one and five Gorean weights of fruit. A weight is some ten stone, or some forty Earth pounds.” Tribesmen of Gor

* Pod Tree: The results of our trading had been two baskets of dried fish, a sack of meal and vegetables, a length of bark cloth, plaited and pounded, from the pod tree, dyed red….” Explorers of Gor

“I cut a length from the red bark cloth, about five feet in length and a foot in width. I wrapped it about the sweetness of her slave hips and tucked it in.” Explorers of Gor

* Scent Tree: “I think it will rain today,” I said. “No, noble one,” he said. “How do you know?” I asked. “The petals of the golden cup are open,” he said, “the zar swarm is not aflight, the lavender leaves of the scent tree do not curl.” Rebels of Gor Page

* Tem-wood Tree: “Again and again the great line blasted shafts of pile-tipped tem-wood into those packed at the foot of the keep. And then the invaders began to scatter and run, but each archer picked his target…” Raiders of Gor

“I took the triangular-bladed tem-wood paddle and moved the small craft, light and narrow, large enough scarcely for one man, ahead.  I was formed of pliant, tubular, lengthy Vosk rushes, bound with march vine.” Raiders of Gor

“Needless to say, they can be almost as swift  and delicate in their address as a saber. The lances are black,  cut from the poles of young tem trees. They may be bent almost double, like finely tempered steel, before they break.” Nomads of Gor

* Tur Tree: “I had heard, a Tur tree was found on the prairie, near a spring, planted perhaps long before by someone who passed by; it was from that Tur tree that the city of Turia took its name; there was also, at one side of the garden, against the far wall, a grove of tem-wood, linear, black, supple.” Nomads of Gor

“Tur wood is used for galley frames, and beams and clamps and posts, and for hull planking;   Ka-la-na serves for capstans and mastheads;  Tem-wood for rudders and oars;  and the needle trees, the evergreens, for masts and spars, and cabin and deck planking.” Raiders of Gor

“Besides several of the flower trees there were also some Ka-la-na trees, or the yellow wine trees of Gor; there was one large-bunked, reddish Tur tree, about which curled its assemblage of Tur-Pah, a vinelike tree parasite with curled, scarlet, ovate leaves, rather lovely to look upon. Nomads of Gor