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manufactured separately and differently, that is rolled very 

 little and very lightly, not allowed to ferment at all, but 

 sunned at once after rolling, and, if there is sun enough, 

 finished in the sun, otherwise by a very light and gradual 

 heat best placed above the drawers in the Dhole-house ; if 

 this is done, I say, these will come out perfect " Pekoe 

 tips " of a white colour, which is the best. 



If not separated from the other leaf, but manufactured 

 with it, the sap from the other leaves, expressed in the 

 rolling, stains these said leaves, which are covered with a 

 fine white silk down, and makes them black like all the rest 

 of the Tea ; the whole of which is then valued lower because 

 there are no " Pekoe tips." 



Now, in the latter case the " Pekoe tips " are there all 

 the same, only they don't show. The Tea is really just as 

 good, in fact a shade better, with black than with white or 

 orange tips,* but it does not sell so well, and as we cannot 

 argue the brokers or dealers into a rational view of the case, 

 we must humour their fancy (they are virtually our masters) 

 and give them the Pekoe tips if we can. 



How are we to do it ? The plan of picking these small 

 leaves separately, in order to manufacture them separately, 

 does not answer ; it is too expensive ; it diminishes the yield 

 of a garden, and labour for it fails. All this is shown at 

 pages 107 and 130. Is there any other way ? 



It may be done during some periods of the season when 

 there is not leaf enough on the garden to employ all the leaf- 

 pickers, by setting a number of them to separate the said 

 two leaves from the others after the whole leaf is brought to 

 the factory. This is expensive, but it pays when there is 

 labour to do it, for then the Teas can be made very showy 

 and rich with white Pekoe tips. 



* It is better, because the " tips" having been hard-rolled give stronger 

 liquor. 



