TEA PLANTING

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 368, 1 November 1932, Page 4

TEA PLANTING

CEYLON GARDB INTERESTING ADDRESS ROTORUA ROTARY CLUB SELLING BELOW C0S An interesting and instruct dress on the cultivation and ions of the tea planting indii Geylon was delivered to Rotoi tary Cluh members ■' at .'the. luncheon yesterday by Mr E, g who is spending an extended; in the town. Mr. Lund is a English underwriter . #and his the owner of a large tea planta Geylon. .• . . ... : * The present over-productioii in Ceylon, said Mr; Lundr was dqe to .the amoupt heing.'pro^ Java and the placing of this: on the market as a Ceylon ot product. Until about two yeai Ceylon tea always secured toi ket prices at approximately ji pound, but the latest. feports h that the- puling peturn to the was now ifi the viciijity of 81d, these circumstances the" article pot be economically produced a: siderable loss was heing suffei , The teas were _ classified act to the elevation of the plani some being 6000ft above sea lei teas from these plantations cc the best selling price and the t and .pfice decre^sed" . $£ ths growing regions were reach'ei, History of Ceylon Referririg to the history of Mr. Lund . said that it was j Portuguese possession until the gained control about 1658 andl until 1815 when the* British', sd quarrefied with. the Dutch, session. . , Since the days of the Porfe several diffepent elgss.es of,j tion had sprung up. Of these, ti galese were too indolent and the ability to cultiyate the land the result that much South' Ini hour was'imported to work the ations. This typ>e of lahour wa successful and men, women and ren were constant toilers in the The women were partieularlyj plucking and proved themselves workers. Tea Cultivation In the cultivation of tea it t aim to grow pouches roughly 15 high in order to secure as muci sufface as possible. These m erally plucked by girls and co: in baskets to the factory -whet were laid on hemp tables to he prior to passing through rollinf hines ywhich presse4 out the, The leaves .were put through I ing process several times before placed in a room to fermenta low the vapoUrs to disappear, They were then placed on j shglyes and roasted or fired gs technically called, and were pia hins ready for shipment. Grading was carried out hyf of seives and with the use of s diff erent sizes the different j were secured. The good qual was then puxch'ased by hlsndec to-day, said Mr. Lund, werei the hest of the. trade, as althotj selling price to the grower ha! ped considerably the price to ti sumer had shown no deereasei the last five years. - Ceylon had a population of R 5,000,000 but of this total the pean residents numhered only The climate was such that Eu©, stayed only long enough to few savings and then returf their own countries.