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6ver I may be able in the way of assisting intending Planters witb- 

 liny information or suggestions which they may require. 



Believe me, &c. 



(Signed) A. G. Stakton. 



Messrs. Wilson and Stnnion to Royal Gardens, Kew. 



13 Rood Lane, London, E C, 31st December. 1887. 

 "We beg to hand you our characters and valuations of Packages o£ 

 Tea per mail from Jamaica : — 

 Sample. Species and Character. Yalue per lb, 



No. 1 Unassorted Tea ... ... f 1 t 



The dry leaf is well rolled but is much too grey in colour, 

 and wanting in tip ; somewhat uneven and inclined to 

 be dusty.' 



The liquor is fairly dark and full with some flavour. 



The infused leaf is regular and of a fairly bright colour. 



No. 2 Unassorted Tea ... ... 12 



The dry leaf is good colour but is too crinkley, and has 



not been properly rolled. 

 The liquor is dark and full, and of a nice flavour. 

 The infused leaf is regular and of a fairly bright colour. 



No. 3 Broken Orange Pekoe ... ... 1 S'' 



Dry leaf is good colour, and with a few tips ; but is 



rather open, ragged and too uneven. 

 The liquor is dark, full, and of good flavour. 

 The infused leaf is bright and regular. 



General The above Teas are chiefly valuable in the London Mar- 

 ket on account of their liquors, the manipulation of 

 the dry leaf being faulty. We prefer the samples 

 marked JSTos. 2 and 3, the leaf being better in colour ; 

 and liquors of finer quality and flavour. No. 1 is too 

 soft in liquor and resembles China Tea, Nos. 2 and 3 

 being more like Ceylon Tea. 

 All the samples have a peculiar smell, and taste of some 

 substance quite foreign to Tea ; for this defect we have 

 made due allowance in our Keport. 

 The leaf of No. 1 is quite liwp instead of being crisp, the 

 sample has probably been damaged in transit. 



(Sgd.) Gow. Wilson and Stanton." 



A few years ago seeds and plants were supplied to the Hon. H. Cox 

 who has planted out about 60 acres at Ramble, St Ann. He has also 

 obtained the latest Machinery, and has turned out Tea of excellent 

 quality. 



During last May, Mr. C. Royal Dawson, a well known Tea-planter 

 from the Wynaad, India, visited Jamaica, and saw the Tea growing 

 in St. Ann and also in the Blue Mountains. He writes to the Di- 

 rector as follows; 



" I have formed a very favourable impression of my visit. The Tea 

 in the Blue Mountains, in spite of abandonment and neglect, proves 

 beyond a doubt that it can hold its own. Both varieties, Assam and 

 China, looked most luxuriant, but the latter, notwithstanding, is not 

 the right sort for producing flushes. The Assam is decidedly the best 

 for the island, and on the Blue Mountains at from 3,000 to 6,000 feet 

 should pay well to cultivate. All valleys in the Blue Mountain range 

 ought, in my opinion, to grow as good Tea as Coffee." 



