. Cyclopedia of farm crops. Farm produce; Agriculture. 634 TEA TEA prolonged droughts seriously curtail the production. Downpours are certainly to be dreadt^d as of little utility and frequently very destructive. The mean temperature for the cropping season is about 7U° Fahr. When it falls below 70° Fahr. the yield is scant, especially if accompanied by a dearth of water, and the quality is higher. Unques- tionably, an equable amount of heat and rain is safest, but the largest yield has been obtained where both were at their highest. The occurrence of zero temperatures is destructive to all of
. Cyclopedia of farm crops. Farm produce; Agriculture. 634 TEA TEA prolonged droughts seriously curtail the production. Downpours are certainly to be dreadt^d as of little utility and frequently very destructive. The mean temperature for the cropping season is about 7U° Fahr. When it falls below 70° Fahr. the yield is scant, especially if accompanied by a dearth of water, and the quality is higher. Unques- tionably, an equable amount of heat and rain is safest, but the largest yield has been obtained where both were at their highest. The occurrence of zero temperatures is destructive to all of the plant above ground unless it has entered into full hibernation and its stem is well protected by foli- age or snow. Bushes raised from tropical seed very largely succumb if the thermometer falls into the twenties. Late frosts in spring and cool nights in summer have a prejudicial effect on the yn \ 'V > ?* ~ ^'Mbi. Fig. 857. Plucking leaf in a young Daijeeling lea gaiden at The importation of tea seed from the Orient is attended with very considerable risk. Unless the seed be carefully gathered, packed and expedi- tiously forwarded, and unless it be zealously pro- tected from cold and excessive heat on arrival, and during its further transportation through this country, the chances of securing successful germi- nation are exceedingly small. Seeding.—The seed should be planted in the late winter or early spring in nurseries, in well-drained, ordinarily fertile garden soil, at distances of 3 x 4 inches, at about two inches depth, and well cov- ered with pine or other straw as protection from the cold. Where droughts may be expected, it is desirable to command a handy water-supply for keeping the soil fairly moist. Later, when the shoots begin to appear, a moderate shelter from the sun should be raised above the beds and most of the straw removed ; with the advent of autumn the shelter should be gradually dispensed with. The beds must be kept clean of weeds and
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