siMT-monc ca uronxiA. 
ridges across the room. They an? theli 
oovi-n .1 with moist blankets mid left, for 
several hours to ferment. When il has 
trot to Ihe right stage, which is known by 
tho smell nud color of the leaf, it is taken 
out in total ion ns it was put down, and 
pul into a rons ting-pan for n minute or so; 
n utftti moving it about to prevent hurn 
TEA CULTURE ON THE DOONAGrREE 
TEA PLANTATION. 
RvSisHrr, Is PM. 
Ed. HoaTin7,TCBisr: You will he glad to 
know I lml I am in love with my in'" homo 
in the Himalayas. Wo are about 0.300 
feet above the sea level, and Mirromided .. .. . . , . ,. , ... ... . 
will, mountains very much higher, nil It m then thrown mil on a table »Ui1 stderahle qunttfit.es Only ft abaft tune 
densplv limbered with met-re... tf ilcs, rolled ngiun. then spread thinly on mats. ago the delicate palates of European Mine 
1 lines, huge f,.lions, rhododendron. »rbo- 11,111 I'' 1 '""' '« <•' 1, ™e revolted al the " earthy flavor, the 
, 1 ,. \ V -„ ] I(1W , Il(l I 10! ,ds partially dried Utenvuul it is pul into ilpbeient bouquet and the heavy body of 
Iraya and finished oil over charcoal fires; these wines, mid they did not (Old much 
then stored away, and after Wants sifted 
and sorted into the different classes or 
('aloobsm Wises. — Washington, April 
18, — Yesterday’s Baltimore Suv contains 
the following interesting editorial, based 
upon a sbitemant received from its San 
Francisco correspondent, that a full cargo 
of California wine lias been shipped to 
Germany.- California wines are said to 
be exported at present to Europe in eun- 
rciun, etc-, He, 
hen < verything has to be carried by in in 
<»r ponies ns fur ns Itordkhet. a iJlff-mee of 
eighteen miles, From there to the plains 
tin Government has made u good road, j 
and bullock earls ply between the above- 
named station and .Monudabnd, tin- pies 
ini rail road tcrmimiv. The tea- hush glows 
well hero, especially where the soil i» noli 
in vegetable matter, wliieli has been oe- 
eiiniulaling for ages. We have three bun¬ 
dled a, ie- planted, which is nearly all on 
favor at either the Vienna or Baris Expo¬ 
sitions, The managing committees of the 
Loudon clubs, however, have discovered 
t.lmt California wines are ns much better 
ns they are purer than the spurious com- 
throwu into a musling.pun heated to a pounds of <>lte with which the London, 
high temperature, and moved about in it, Si. Petersburg mid New York markets are 
1 in making green tea the leaf must not 
be allowed to wither; it is immediately 
to premil burning until the leaf ib quit* 
limp nud wont break in rolling; it is then 
thrown on a table and well rolled, as m 
rolling land or hill sides; and to prevent •■’lack lliu - “ nl ‘l 'he juice is expressed. It 
tlics-.il being washed away from Ihn roots 'hen spread out thinly on mats in the 
,.f lie basin H Ims been found neoessaiv •““.*« sliglitly dry; then collected, rolled 
to terrace it. The nms an planted lour. I ;>««>««. «ud spread out thicker than before, 
. each row Imvino 'J’* 1 '’ object. is to get rid of us much moist¬ 
ure as possible, but it must not get too 
dry before it is nut into the rousting-paria 
and some five, foot apart, each row having 
a terrace running ar,ro*s the hill which, 
with the assistance of numerous surface 
drains, prevent wash to u great extent 
during the heavy rains in Mimnier, They 
commoner about the middle of Juno, nud 
continue till the middle of September. 
Last year over 100 niches of rain fell In 
those lliicc mouth*; hut that amount of 
moisture, willi (lie thermometer above 80 
degrees, is what, forces Lbe successive 
young g row Urn or fiunhe*. 
It m only (he young and tender leaven 
thul me made into tea, the old uni * Would 
no! "twist or roll ini you see good ten, 
and tl“'v would ieii)uin a’pale color unless 
artificially colored. Green and black teas 
arc made from the Maine huabcn, the dif- 
leronee obtained being from different ma¬ 
nipulation of the leaven, The hbukoii here 
commences about the middle ot April,and 
coiitiuueB till the beginning of November. 
In picking the leaf the points uf th 
to finish off. Tliuse pans are made of tbm 
ciiat-iron of a circular shape, and built into 
the wall with the fire directly under them; 
Hooded, «nd they do not contain near so 
much brandy an either port or cherry, tu 
consequence of this, a good many orders 
are coming out from London dealers and 
clubs, rind several well-slocked wine cellars 
have been bought out by English agents. 
A bark tins just sailed for Germany laden 
to the gunwales with California wines for 
the German market.nnd it is believed that 
under French and German labels a great 
deni of California wine will be hereafter 
sold lo European consumers. By and by, 
as hits been the OfWB with American beef, 
ami so placed that a mail. when standing, those consumer* will find out. w hat they 
." ,, .V work them. They are are buying, mid will prefer the cheap, pure 
heated to a very high temperature, and wines from American vineyards to the 
great care is required to prevent burning. | manufactured stuffs ••blended in the 
I lie tea has to Ik, continually turned by Rhine and Garonne for people to drink 
the hands, “ closing it as it dries, Tins * ’ • • • 
is a very hot operation on tlm hands, and 
lasts from throe to four hour*. It is after- 
ward sifted into its different ulasiws. as in 
blaek, but Indore it is ready for the market 
it has all I., be hand-picked. removing any 
open yellow leaf or stems that may remain 
in it. The black tea also is all hand¬ 
picked. 
Wc do a large trude in green tea, which „ 
i-’ 1 sen I into Central Amu, where they drink W1 1 11 amiiU end of a lea or egg *poou, 
in picking Urn leaf the poinlmt the ytniBg " r,l - v b rr °en t*-;i. i Ihud. the American 1 t-hein "ntirnlv, taking care not to 
;'rowing shoots are pinched ..11 by tie ''isle ia inclined that, way too, but tlm '’leak ^lio ‘'"d*. Throw these into cold 
who don't know what genuine wino is. 
Domestic 11eoivp.a Oranges tilled with 
jelly make a pretty appearance on il sup¬ 
per table, ami arc ncceplaldc when much 
variety is desired. Take miuio very fine 
oranges, ami with the point of a am all 
knife cut from the lop of each a round 
hole about lbe si/e of a shilling; then, 
liio n mid thumb, gtum tally taking with it J “l ,u " U-a that I have seen sold in Los 
i°uat be well pressed from the pulp, and 
strained as cleai ns possible, Color une 
half a tine rose color with prepared ooclii- 
u full-developed leal, one pm I mlly so, and Angel*.-, gives only a faint idea of what 
a bud undeveloped, leaving two or three I K 1 *-'•-«» tea is. 
leaves of the Kami* growth U> nourish the AVo luivo over -KM) people employed on . . 
l.uu- uutil they push, which they generally plimtulion, including men n U d l...v "«'uJ, »nd leave the other very palo. When 
do III III... Ill ten day- mid in timr-week i\ 1 hitler are most netivo in picking lent, '• is nearly cold drain mid wipe th" orange 
“''j n ' 1 " 1 -' l " l’"‘k again, I tho men usu large hoes, likeyour irrufutinp “'"1 All them with ulleiuate stripes 
III mid iDg black t.-a it is nee's»ury lu. "lies, for cultivating the loud, which we ' l **’ two jellies. When they are per feelly 
wnb i and make jelly of the juice, which 
and b. reiai" K all ni.de. hi hand th. snow on the ground which ha-: put a mUui 
s !. . ^ *■ 
' * B ". uteti b > ! * and carried - . . 
to .1 w-paruti room, where U,.- v w « laid m i Tui recninb. fn* «d . . , , "ig a homo, and tlm original vino wi 
•"" -u the floor, either as they llr „ Slulc I,, F, rone I, l"'“ l fro,u ,r "'» 11 "I'p brought from Koni 
'■‘"i - n up and made tu.fo.m long , y , ., u ullloUl,l<?d 1,1 «*HtlD. iingland, by thog,eat authi 
I euui, . bn,(((ijf, 
\ OI VII, 1 MAN residing al Hail Gabriel Iiiih 
11 heauliful ivy rntming over Ins Iiouho, tho 
slip from which it grew having hnon ob¬ 
tained from Sunnysido, Washington liv- 
mga home, and tlm original vine was 
il- 
thor 
