. The world's commercial products [microform] : a descriptive account of the economic plants of the world and of their commercial uses. Plant products; Produits naturels; Produits végétaux; Natural products; Botanique agricole; Botany, Economic. 168 The World's Commercial Products 'â ; l-rom this time onwMids tin' iiickiii)^ i)r i)lulii-s, tlu' hiislu's aiv prinu'd from time to timi', a })ron'Ss whiili also k('i'|)^ the fjrowth of the plant within bounds to allow of the plui'k- ing being conveniently performed. In the rolder climates of China and Japan, the flushing ceases in the
. The world's commercial products [microform] : a descriptive account of the economic plants of the world and of their commercial uses. Plant products; Produits naturels; Produits végétaux; Natural products; Botanique agricole; Botany, Economic. 168 The World's Commercial Products 'â ; l-rom this time onwMids tin' iiickiii)^ i)r i)lulii-s, tlu' hiislu's aiv prinu'd from time to timi', a })ron'Ss whiili also k('i'|)^ the fjrowth of the plant within bounds to allow of the plui'k- ing being conveniently performed. In the rolder climates of China and Japan, the flushing ceases in the winter; but in Ceylon it goes on all the year round. In CeyloTi the tlush is ready for picking every ten or tuehe days. The process consists in plucking the young shoots, to include the third or fourth leaf from the bud, and upon the si/e of the leaf depends the quality of the tea manufacture. Thus, plucking is designated as "tine" when the bud at tne toj) of the shoot and the two young leaves just below it are taken, "medium" when the bud and three, "coarse" when the bud and four lea\es are taken. From the " fme " plucking the tea known as " pekoes " are made, " tlowerv pekoe " being derived fmin the youngest leaf, " pekoe " from the ne.\t youngest, and " pekoe " from tin- third leaf : " souchongs " and " congous " are pre])ared from the larger leaves. I' the name indicates, is in ipiality between i)ekoe and souchong. The Hush is gathered by the women into baskets and when the latter are full they are taken to the factory to be weighed. The leaf is carried to the upper floor of the factory, where it is thinly spread out on light opm-work shehes of canvas, or on wire-meshed ; placed one above the other, in order that the drying or "withering" of the leaf may take |)lace. In good We ther the correct degree of tlaccidity
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