;i68 CULTIVATION AND MANUFACTURE OF TEA. 



I do not think plants reach to perfect maturity under eight 

 or ten years. 



That eight maunds per acre as estimated in the table just 

 given can be realised, under the conditions stated, I have no 

 doubt whatever, but I am equally certain that the size of 

 some gardens in India must be much reduced if even five or 

 six maunds are looked for. 1 Not only must they be reduced 

 in size, but they must be highly cultivated, must be manured, 

 and no vacancies allowed. However, I have dwelt on all 

 these points before, and need not repeat here, for unless the 

 reader is convinced before this that a large area and low culti- 

 vation won't pay, it were waste to write more. 



I now give a table showing the result for twelve years of a 

 plantation such as I have advised. 



1 Note to 3rd edition. With high cultivation on a favourable site and in a 

 really good Tea climate, I now believe 10 maunds per acre will eventually be 

 realised. 



