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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (July 1, 1881)
July, 1881 THE WEST SHORE. '77 1 TEA REAVES, SHOWING SHRINKAGE IN' I tklNli. squares 4x4 feet. Hy April or May when the plinU will be about I inches high they should he care, fully moved from the frame with a ball of earth attach ed to as not to ex. pose the roots to the sun, and one planted in each corner of the check, using for the purpose an or dinary garden trowel. In the early stage of the growth of the plant shading with pine branches will be found ad tantagcoua. After the first year the plant supplies its own shade. During the first two years little or no cultiva tion except to keep down the weeds, is necessary ; w hen the plants are two years old I hey should he pruned down to 18 Inche. Picking can commence after the thjrd year when, the Iff IL l- -m, ISM , SJEAM BATHING AND COOLING TEA LEAVES. plant will I shout four feet high. In Japan the luirvct usually begin In Apiil, after heavy fiiiiiHwIiiullirnlirult iIhmiIs forth litvc vigorously and ahundan tly, and continue through May mid Juncj but -the late leaves are larger and do not makit a line a grade of tea a those I1rt gathered, In Japan only the f!rt three Iratesof every stalk or stem (e Irft hand corner head of page) are taken, In India they take six. The hud lfore it Is developed into a leaf after curing ap pears in the lea like agfiiinoftilvrr,ow. lug to the while luiry cover and from that rrt'eim lle name I'ckoe (while hair). The fir t two leaves after Ikj hud makes tlm broken l'tkoe;th