. The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ... A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature . er iilant is very variable,but may be stated at about one-fifth of a B, of finisbcd tea, and, aaeach acre of a garden holds 1500 to 1600 mature plants, the acre may be from 300 to 350 lb per annum. The diagramfig 6) from Col. Moneys valuable on tha LuUu 100 TEA tation arid ManufaauTf of Tea illustratea the method in which aBush or shoot is picked, and the portions which go to make specialclasses of tea. The lines in the diagram show the points at whichthe shoot may be picked,
. The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ... A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature . er iilant is very variable,but may be stated at about one-fifth of a B, of finisbcd tea, and, aaeach acre of a garden holds 1500 to 1600 mature plants, the acre may be from 300 to 350 lb per annum. The diagramfig 6) from Col. Moneys valuable on tha LuUu 100 TEA tation arid ManufaauTf of Tea illustratea the method in which aBush or shoot is picked, and the portions which go to make specialclasses of tea. The lines in the diagram show the points at whichthe shoot may be picked, and it is important that the lowest leaftaken should be so nipped off as to leave the bud in its axiluninjured on the branch, as frem it the next flush will then three leaves at the growing point (n, b, c) yield pelcoe, andthe whole shoot down to and including / gives pekoe ? souchong,jj the order of their age, the individual leaves manufacture into« flowery pekoe, b orange pekoe, c pekoe, d pekoe souchong, e«ouchong, and/congou. Were the flush further developed another. Fia ^Mode of Picking Tea. leaf might be taken, which would be classed as bohea, but that isnot a quality recognized by growers. It is not, however,the practice to pick or treat leaves separately, the whole flush beingmanipulated together, and the tea is only separated into qualities bysifting after the manufacturing processes have been completed. The manufacture of black tea is found to be an essentially simplematter. Many of the processes employed by the Chinese are quitesuperfluaus, and several of the manual operations which bulklargely in the Chinese manufacture, it is found, can with advantagehe supplanted by mechanical agency. The whole object of theblack-tea manufacturer is to ferment, roll, and dry the leaf, andfor that puipose the leaves undergo—(1) withering, (2) rolling, (3)fermenting, and (4) firing or dholing. Between the fermentingand the firing operations it is desirabl
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