CREVILLENTE  , a

town of eastern Spain, in the province of Alicante, and on the Murcia-Alicante railway . Pop . (1900) 10,726 . Crevillente is a picturesque old town built among the eastern foothills of the Sierra de Crevillente . Its flat-roofed Moorish houses are enclosed by gardens of cactus, dwarf palm, orange and other subtropical plants, interspersed with masses of rock . The surrounding country, though naturally sterile, is irrigated from two adjacent springs, which differ in temperature by no less than 25° F . The district is famous for its melons, and also produces wine, olives, wheat and esparto grass . Local industries include the manufacture of coarse cloth, esparto fabrics, oil and flour .