FLUSHES. 101 



it will take a whole month, after the said shoot has been 

 picked, before the new shoot from the base of the leaf d is 

 ready to take, probably six weeks in Himalayan gardens. 



'Tis true the flushes in favourable Tea climates follow at 

 about seven to ten days from each other, but these are other 

 shoots. The replacement of the actual shoot taken is a 

 whole month in developing. I have carefully watched this, 

 and am sure I am right. 



With similar treatment, gardens in Cachar, Assam, and 

 the Western Dooars would probably give two or three more 

 flushes in the season than Chittagong, because there the 

 spring rains are much more abundant ; and I am very certain 

 that, if the day ever comes that manure in large quantities 

 is procurable in those districts and is applied, the yield on 

 those gardens will be very large.* 



The difference between very small and very large profits 

 is represented by 18 and 25 flushes, so I strongly advise all 

 planters to cultivate highly, and to get all the manure they 

 possibly can. If even procured at a high figure, it (the 

 manure) will pay hand over hand. 



* Where new gardens are made on rich virgin soil, to manure them at all 

 for the first few years is, I think, unnecessary. But the richest soils on Tea 

 gardens get exhausted in time, and manure should be applied before this point 

 is arrived at. 



