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tHE tROPiCAL Agriculturist. 



[Dec. 1, 1886. 



mgsammi 



aar i jjjBjtt'MLi 



of our Colombo tea experts on the same arc as 

 follows :— 



Present Colombj, 30th Oct. 



De cr ption: London Rejurlp. 



va'up. 

 Orange p.k. Is ICd 



to 28 Blackiah small mixed brok. peV. 

 audfaniugs with gold tip--, 

 lull da-k ricli liquor, i ood 

 quality. 

 BtokeQ p \. B d. Blackish even wiry pek. leaf with 

 ends, little broken, strong dark 

 malty liquor ; little pungent 

 good quality. 

 Fekoe Is 2d 



lo iB'-d Blackish fiirly made pek. souch. 

 leaf few ends, dark malty liquor 

 little pungent fair strength and 

 qualit/. 

 Pe . Souch. lO.V to 



iTd J lacki8h rather open choppy 

 souch. lea", dark pungent liquor, 

 little thin. 

 Pek. du8t 1 :dto 



]8 3d (J lack, brownish, small. .Small 

 broken orange pek. and fannings, 

 full of tips, stionij dark pungent 

 liquor. 

 pp. SoM EViLLE & Co.. A.B.. Thompson. 

 [E : Is G^d F. £1 1-5] 

 Bro. pei oe black sh rather even 

 little flaty bro. or. pek e 12 per 



ct. full of golden tips a d strong Is 8-lOd 9l'c to Kl'lO 

 Bro. pekoe blackish rather even 

 and twisted littlv bro. pekoe 24 

 per cent, fairly tippy, strong Is 'Jd 88; 

 Pekce blackish rather bold uneven 

 pekoe leaf 31 per cent few 

 tnds and good strength Is f d 71c 



Pek. sou. greyish very uneven iiie- 



gular leaf 30 p r cent fair s tr. lid 4 "c 

 P koe dust handsome tippy flat 

 dust 3 per cent rather thin Is (fr. 



app.) 55c 

 FoRUhs & Walkkk. 

 Exchange. Freight. 

 Is i;jd fl 1)3 Od 

 Character. London Colombo 



value, equivalent. 

 Or. pk. Black rather uneven little 

 choppy leaf. Many orange 

 tips strong thick liquor 

 rather pungent little flavor 

 good quality . . . . Is 9d 1'04 cents. 



Brr, pek. Blackish uneven little 

 twisted semi-broken pekoe 

 a few tips strong pungent 

 liquor good quality . . Is Od ^6 00 

 Pekoe Blackish rather uneven 

 rather flaky leaf. Few 

 tips ; strong rather pmig- 

 ent liquor . . , , . . Js od 71 to 77 

 i'ek. fcJoU- Jilackish uneven acmibro. 

 pekoe sou., good strength 

 little pungent li(jiuor , . Is Od Iw fJ 

 }'t9. Ami Small black flaky fanngs 

 full of orange tips. Fair 

 strength ., , .- ., is Hd 71 W 

 These teas arc especially t^ood considering they are 

 made from leaf plucked from newly pruned bushes. 

 The liquor being strong and of good quality, and the 

 leaf ef a line black colour, free from all greyness. 



HEKWKIiV TAliU.Wr. 



'Qualify. Description. Valuation for 



London market. 

 Ur. pykoe.i. Handsome Mack leaf 



with tips.,, ... Is 8d to Is 9d. 



Uro. „ , , Well made Or. Pek. leaf 



with few tips ... Is id. 

 i tkoe ... 'Well made black leaf... Is 2d. 

 ,, sen. ... Good black leaf ... lOid to J Id. 

 ,, dust... Small br. pek. dust 



fiill of lipij „. Is nomiua/. 



The infusions are goiil. 



1 he liijuors arc strong and pungent, with good flavours 

 l''ui{ l'osANQi;i:icV Co., A. M. Cai.dkcoit Smiih. 



/Ihe bulk can be seen at Messrs J. Walker & Co.'s 

 olUce. . 



TEA IN AMEEICA. 



Writing from Philadelphia, Pa., under date 18th 

 September, Mr. Pineo has a very satisfactory re- 

 port of progress to make as follows : — 



" The Overland Obscrrcr comes to me regularly. 

 The paper is perused with the greatest interest and 

 all matter pertaining to Tea has a special attrac- 

 tion, as I am. and have been, introducing your 

 tea into the markets of the United States and 

 Canada. I have established agencies in St. John, 

 Chatham, Beauford, Toronto, Hamilton, Kingston 

 and Montreal in the Dominion of Canada, and have 

 secured the co-operation of one of the largest and 

 best known jobbing houses of New York, hence 

 I am in a position to place any quantity of tea on 

 consignment in those towns. There are two great 

 dithculties with which I have had to deal. First, to 

 get the dealer to handle and the consumer to 

 appreciate Ceylon tea, and second, to get a uniform 

 quality in appearance of leaf and in liquor. There 

 is too much red and irregular sized leaf. I am 

 about starting an establishment here for the sale 

 of Tea and Coffee in packets, and also for selling 

 in original packages by wholesale. 



" I have met Mr. Morris, Liberia Consul, and he 

 agrees with me in thinking a good trade can be 

 done here. We are only two hours by rail from 

 New York." [Mr. Pineo's remarks will, we have 

 no doubt, receive attention ; and all in Ceylon 

 will wish him success in his good work. — Ed.] 



ceylon j'. india and china as a 

 tea-peoducin(t country. 



The following extract from the letter of an in- 

 fluential correspondent in the old country who 

 takes the deepest interest in all that concerns the 

 welfare of Ceylon, merits and has received our 

 careful attention ; — • 



'* No one has studied the question of our ex- 

 ports more deeply than you, and I want you to 

 reassure if you can many timid people connected 

 with Ceylon from the Colonial Oliice to myself on 

 the subject of tea. There is no apprehension as 

 to the failing power of tea, but as to over-produc- 

 tion in Ceylon, India and in China which will so 

 reduce profits that the planter having no gain will 

 cease to cultivate and there will be another and 

 (iiial depress on of Ceylon. The f;ill in the price 

 of lea has caused iJicsc rttlections. Tlic inaryiii 

 of profit is already becoming smiil], but what will 

 it be five years hence, when our esports ol Isa 

 shall have readied some 40 millions of pounds, 

 and when the increase of Indian tea will be 

 on the fsmc advancing scale, to say nothing 

 of the Chinese. Once open China by rail- 

 ways and I fear they will send in tea in such 

 (juaiititics and at such a price as to swamp our 

 planters and the Indian also. You have seen 

 what has been done by Indian railways opening 

 up vast tracts from which formerly it was impos.ii- 

 ble to export the grain which was grown and which 

 might be grown. Now Indian wheat is sent into 

 the market for 2!ls a quarter, and has utterly 

 swamped liussian and American wheat, to say 

 nothing of our own — and they boast in the Punjab 

 that they can supply the world with the best 

 sample and at a latc of cheapness with which U9 



