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tive leaf which had escaped the winnowing and sifting was picked out 
by hand. The residue, which was left from the first fanning, was sub- 
mitted to all the operations of winnowing, sifting, and scorching, and 
it then afforded the Fine Hyson Tea of commerce: while the same 
operations performed on the residuum of it, yielded the Common Hy- 
son; and the refuse of the third quality again, afforded the Coarse 
Hyson. Finally, the broken and unrolled foliage, which was rejected 
in the last siftings, furnish what is called Family Tea, the better kind 
of which is called Chato, and the inferior Chuto. The latter sort is 
hever sold, but kept for consumption in the families of the growers. 
“Such is the mode of preparation pursued at Rio Janeiro, though 
I must add, that the process employed at the botanic garden being 
most carefully performed, in order to serve as a model for private 
cultivators of tea, the produce is superior to the generality, so that 
we dare not judge of all Brazilian tea by what is raised at the garden 
of Rio.” ‘ 
Mr. Guillemin recommends the western extremity of the depart- 
ment of Finisterre, as having a soil and climate more suitable to the 
culture of tea, than any other part of France. 
“And now to come to the important question, whether the growth 
and preparation of tea can furnish an advantageous branch of agricul- 
ture in France,—the decision rests on so many contingencies, of the 
quantity of respective produce from a given portion of soil, and the 
price to be realized by the article when produced, that it is very diffi- — 
cult to arrive at a satisfactory and correct answer. In Brazil, where, 
as [have stated above, the culture of the shrub succeeds perfectly well ; 
where the gathering of the foliage proceeds with hardly any interrup- — 
tion during the entire year; where the quality (setting aside the aroma 
Which is believed to be artificially added) is not inferior to that of the 
finest tea from China, still the growers have not realized any large 
profits, They have assuredly manufactured an immense quantity of 
tea, to judge by what I saw in the warehouses at St. Paul, but they 
‘annot afford to sell it under six francs for the half kilogramme, a Ib. 
Weight, which is higher than Chinese tea of equally good quality. 
Indeed, the trade of tea is still in great activity between China an 
Brazil, partly by ships which come straight from the former country 
to Rio Janeiro, and partly through the United States. Could we in- 
Sure France a similar modicum of success in rearing the plants, as in 
Brazil, it may be fairly calculated that considerable improvements 
Would take place; the lower price of labor would diminish the cost of 
‘ls produce; more economical and expeditious plans for preparing the 
leaf might easily be invented; and finally, if we could succeed in im- 
Parting the perfume which distinguishes the Chinese tea, there can 
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