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THE TROPICAL AGEICULTURIST. 
[Feb. ], 1901, 
au"^.ptt^rto force the^ consurnpuon of our tea on 
the CoaI.ne!°t in direct oppos.Uon to the .nerch.nt 
progress made hitherto has been by ble^^'^^^^f^'^./^^^ 
^hat is more, that ^be on,y Jope n t e^^ «^^^ 1 . ^ 
strong AssamHHj^y ble.>d,«gj^ ihe^^^_^^^ ^.^^.^^.^ 
fhlt'^aelding wHlf C-eylon or even China le.t .houid 
mlrKet we have to face three 
*H"^Th"e general dislike of everything British, and 
the je^'afous? g-nerally r-.iding our C.lon.al pos- 
T'°ThrexbUa» taste for Cbiaa tea, as distin- 
ct' The m\xSX eu..ged in the China t.ade 
The thUitemisbyfarthemo.t fornrdable, i£ we 
-ffihrc^^^n^JLntlh^^pr^:^^.— 
work mostly throi-sh the "'e^^^ints .aieady the ea 
trade • brint; persistently to iheir notice the fact ot ih, 
.nr)eriori y of our teas for hlrmhn,j purposes. In doing 
JhFs a double purpose will be serv.d-the consumer 
wi 1 be eradaally trained to appreciate a stronger and 
be tor til: and 'the merchant v ill f^radually use a 
larger proportion of Indian, until in course of time 
there will be no China left in his canister ; our tea 
TOiU heat it -Durely on its merits. . 
This has been exactly the course of events in Great 
Britain, in the Colonies, and will be every where. - 
Yours faithfully. ^■ 
—H. and C. Mail, Dec. 28. 
Later on, when the rains comtnence, I hope to «o 
regnhirly at it, a id then L shall send you samples 
of some really fine teas for price. 
H. DifUM>'osD Deane. 
Staghi'ook, Peeriiiaad, Travaucore, S. India ; 2ad 
Jan. 1901. 
TRAVANCORE GREEN TEAS. 
KEPOUT ON MK. DliUMMOND DEANE'S 
, GREEN TEAS. 
TO THE EDITOR " INDIAN GAEDENING AND 
PLANTING." 
DHAR Sir,— We have tlie pieasiire to hanil you 
our reporr, on yonr samples fioi,i Stuf^iirookEstate. 
(Glazed) Yousg Hvson.— Well tv.i3ted greenish 
glazed Pekoe leaf, fair tip, pure pungent flivoury 
liquor, valuation nominal. 
(Glazed) No. 1 HvsoN.-vVell curled glazed Orange 
Pekoe leaf, good tip, pure pungent flavoury liquor, 
valuation nominal. 
Imperial — Rather fiat greenish Pekoe Souchong 
leaf, pure puu;^ent flavoury liquor, colDur of infused 
leaf 13 good. . , . , 
No. 1. HysoN.— Weil twisted greenish wiry Pekoe, 
fair tin, pure pungent fiivoury. 
Young Hysos.— Very well twisted Pekoe leaf, good 
tip, pure pungent fl ivonry. 
(Gl'issed) lMPF.iiHT..—Fl8t greenish Pelcoe Souehon?, 
leaf puie puugent flavoury, colour of the infiise'l leaf 
is good. 
These are as fine samples as we have seen ot true 
Arimiina green teas. Tli«y have not the appearance of 
green teas, as manufactured in China, but in our 
opinion, it is a m-itter of future experience whether 
the. American market will t:iko such teas on their 
merits in preference to teasmade on the old fashioned 
China methods. The only way to arrive at this is by 
selling an invoice in America, and we are confident 
such viui-e liquoricg teas would meet with a f^vou «ble 
reception. MORAN AND CO. 
3, Mango Lane ; Calcutta 9th Jan. 1901. 
■'' to the editor- ' INDIAN OARDKNING AND 
PLANTING," 
SiE -As I have just despatched a sn-all invoice of 
ereen'teas to America I send you as promised a set ot 
iamnles. Ot course the teas are by uo means extra 
fine being made from ordinary medium ulucku.gs, and 
as the hot weather is somewhat agnmst m^uiu acture of 
Ereen tea leaf are almost certain to get a sm U amount 
ot fermention while in transit fr.m the a Id. Of the 
ouality of the leaf there is little to be said, it 2s very 
oidinary, but I venture to say the teas have the 
ohiacteristics of true green teas of Mysore character. 
One set ot samples aie plain, the other set. 
of ihe S.-me tta but slightly gl'.zed. We are 
shamefully treated I consider, m that owing to 
th^ red tape rules of the^ I P A _ we are ,n 
practice debarred from getting the grant- 
in-aid " Theoretically we can do su by sending s«m- 
. pies to Calcutta fioni our shipping agents at Cnchni, 
but we are told that the teas must not he .-/irpped until 
the samples have been reported on and results made 
known, otherwise we lose the grant : this w aild mean 
a delay ot three weeks i-t least and, if a steamer was 
missed -during the interval, peihaps seveu or eight 
^*Common sense, one would think, would suggest 
that the savriples having been drawn i-.nd 
despatch-id to Calcutta by the Cochin agent. 
• the teas might be allowed to depart by hrat 
steamer, the gia >t-iu-aid being sent to the shipper 
• if the teas passed the standard. Unfortunately, no 
• one here but myself takes any interest in the ques- 
tion and I am 'looked on as a sort of lunatic with 
a fad, but I venturo to prophesy that within two 
years (unless prices mend, many will be making 
creen tea for sale, ot which there ia a considerable 
scope in Canadian, American, and Russian markets. 
TEA-GROW[NG IN HUNGARY. 
The example of Russia has inspired Austria- 
Hungary wiih a belief that she can " grow her own 
tea.''^ On the initiative of Count Zichy, who recently 
letnrned from a tour through Asia, the Hungarian 
Minister of Agr c ilture ordered that trials should 
be maiie in vaiiou? parts of the country with tea 
plantations. With this in view, large quantities 
of seed-:, together with about one thousand tea 
plant?, were imported from Shanghai ; but, not- 
withsti'U'iing the utmost care, the plantations have 
been failures. According to exports, w-hen the 
selecterl pi nts ariivcd at Fiumo, they were more 
fit for bur ning than for planting. The Agricultu- 
ral Department has not yet given up the hope of 
obtaining favourable results, and has decided to 
mak-3 fiesh attempts ; for which purpose plants have 
been brought over from 'Bifiis. These have been 
di tribu'ed th.-oughout Hungary to the State nurseries. 
—plantim Oj>inion. 
0\RDAMOMS IN INDIA. 
A report by Mr. J. W. Mollison, Deputy 
Director of A<2:ricalture, Poona, acr-ording to 
an liuli.tn contt^mporary, claiais the carda- 
inom phiut to he itidigenovis to "^.^ 'estern and 
Southern Inilin. It is fovmd in abiimlauce 
in Kanara, Mysore, and Travancore, and as 
here, affects ricli, moist, forest soils— the 
essentiiil conditions for successful cnltivation 
being- ".i .soil of loam or clay loani consistence, 
kept moist by favourable position, but not 
wet at all seasons ; and the garden should by 
