Show Made F From j Japanese Mint r n I Ir UT 85 per cent of the pepPermint pepper pepper- mint grown in Japan is raised e Hokkaido This district to- to with and Hiroshima practically all tures produces Japanese J Japanese crop In the Hokkaido L CU ut but once a year in Septem Septem- and Hiroshima it IsN is s N hr bree a times Umes in July September preliminary steps in the manue manu- manu e ef of menthol are carried out by inner ves with the aid I I Is pf f a simple design The pep pap permin plants are first dried in sheds or under cover from the sun for thirty days Then Thea they are placed in the stills where they undergo a process ot of steaming The resulting vapors are led off through pipes into cooling chambers are condensed and deposited deposit deposit- peppermint oil This crude crude ed cd d as peppermint is shipped to where factories are arp and Kobe equipped to subject it to a 1 process of distillation to obtain the full fractional content of menthol The residue of 01 oil Is further refined to the standards of at purity required in the trade tracIe and Is ts oil known as s peppermint |