456 CURING IN OTHER COUNTRIES. ° 
In Mexico the leaves are hung up on bast* strings, dried 
in the shade and then sent to the chief depots, where, when 
they have undergone fermentation, they are sorted, and tied 
up in bundles. In Persia, the plants are carried to the shed 
and heaped, and in four or five days the desired pale yellow 
color is further developed. The stalks and center stem of 
each leaf are now removed and thrown away, while the leaves 
are heaped together in the drying house for another three 
or four days, when they are fit for packing. 
In Turkey the bunches of leaves are exposed to the sun to 
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dry, and some months’ exposure is necessary before they are 
sufficently matured for baling. Main sets in at a later period, 
and the tobacco becoming moist and fit for handling, i is then 
*The inner bark of the lime-tree. 
