Show Tea Plant Purposely Dwarfed A AIn In Its wild state the tea ten plant grows gro to a height of from ten to twenty feet fett In cultivating It Its size Is kept down downto to about three feet for convenience In picking The tea ten of Japan Is mostly of the p green een variety C Considerable n black tea Is exported but Is grown n main mainly y on the Island slung of Formosa The seed eed Is usual planted In terraces that extend from the bases of hills Mils to their a avery very crests like giant steps that conform con con- conform form with the time general contour of the hillsides During picking time lime one one may maysee see large e groups of tea tea pickers pickers most most- mostly ly Iy women gradually working their way downward from the top of or a hill s J |