Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 275
ourse, a muchdarker green. The first picking, usually in April,is when the leaves are very young and tender, com-manding a much higher price than those subse-quently plucked. The second is a month later,when they have attained maturity ; and as unpro-pitious weather would be likely to ruin them,… … DKYING THE TEA. rates, and but a small proportion of these last pick-ings is prepared for export. The plantations were filled with a merry crowd,composed principally of women and children, allengaged in stripping the bushes as rapidly as pos-sible, yet with great care and dexterity, so as not…
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