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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

CHINESE BAMBOO

SHOOTS.

GAINING PLACE ON FOREIGN TABLES.

That bamboo shoots are gaining In popularity as a table delicacy on foreign markets is indicated by the export figures recorded in the Cus- toms returns during the past few years, says the Chinese Economic Bidletin. Americh seems to bo one of the largest consumers of Chinese bamboo shoots, of which 1,028 piculs, valued ut Tin. 7,167, were exported in 1925. In the same year, 2,514 piculs, valued at Tls. 21,726, were exported to Hongkong, 120 pleale, valued at Tia. 1,220, to Japan and Formosa, and 123 piculs, valued at Tls. 3,565, to Koren. But 1925 was not a good year for the export trade as a whole, with the May 30 incident at Shanghai caus-

In the previous years, the total bamboo export Agures to foreign markets were 7,647 plculs, valued at Tls. 59,108 for 1024 and 5,596 piculs, valued at Tls. 41,044 for 1028.

SATURDAY,

JULY

1927.

THE REAL. "FLU

·GERM?

NAZIMOVA FOR LONDON.

A NEW VOICE AND ACCENT.

SICK DOCTOR'S DISCOVERY

IN HIS OWN BLOOD.'

London playgoers in a few days' time are to hear a Nazimova voice Another microbe has become and accent which are quite differ- suspect as the cause of influenza. ent from those which greeted them. It is of the kind known as a "strop-|when the eminent Ibsen actress tococcus."

first emerged from Russia 22 years go, says a Home writer in mail

Dr. David Thompson and Dr. Robert Thompson, of St. Paul's Hospital, Ipnãon, have been study. tng for 18 months an organism which was found in rather unusual circumstances.

week.

When at the age of 25 she first appeared in London she spoke only Russian. She is now to return to One of the investigators (re. London for a four-weeks engage- ports the Lancet) had a sudden ment, beginning on May 30, in an intensely emotional sketch by severe attack of 'du, and in the Edgar Allan Woolfe called “n Wo-, blood which he drew from a vein man of the Earth," with which she he searched for the special

has beguiled New York music-hall microbe which has been suggested audiences throughout the past as the flu-germ.

Instond, this new streptococcus.

winter.

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ing a general slump on the market, appeared. Compared with all the she boarded her first ship at Liver- other varieties of this organisin,

Horizontal. its was found to be different. For pool for the United States she two years the investigators had "easick. Once abourd, she tolle

knew only one English word-

Battering machino, been keeping a microphotographie

me, she soon learned another word. 4 Representatives, record of this group of microbes, was informed by a waggish 12 Above. and 100 varieties had been care

she saye, hat 14 Existed. fully studied. Seven photos of ship's officer,"

'more' meant that is all." And 16 Sick. each sort were taken--700 in all she recalla witli merriment the dis-10 for acting as

100 Different Varieties.

traction of the harassed porter at 18 Yellow Hawailon bird. Simultaneously Dr. Warren Crowe had specialised in strepto- the dock as she kept saying 19 Platform of a church.

20 Wholly engrossed. When she came here her New 28 To crack as a whip. cocci, recording their appearance

Bamboo groves are found all over the country south of the Yangtze River, but Fukien province ranks first among the bamboo producing provinces. The districts in the. upper reaches of the Min River for

over 100 different varieties exist

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general's 21 Redolent.

merly under the jurisdiction of the by reflected light. He says that york admirers arranged for eight 28 To bring legal proceedings.

on the mucous surface of the body,matinees of Ibsen drama, believing 26 Types of rock containing motal. and as many as ten or more varie-that the Ibsen contingent here 20 Liliaceons trec.

be found on one in would be satisfied with that, espe- 27 Constellation, cially as only Russian was then 28 Italian river. ties may dividual. "

But the new streptococcus did spoken by her. But so enthusastic 29 Prophet.

32 Hawallan thrush. not coincide with any of the others. were her audiences that the on- 31 Joined.

Mie. Nazimova at 47 is the 35 To yield.

36 Type of stone. It was found to have the quality gagement lasted two years.

eame earnest worker as aho was 87 Carraintive of either. of bleaching the medium on which it is grown.

Vohlclc.

Vertical.

Kienning profecture and the coastal regions near Chuänchow are par ticularly noted bamboo producing centres. The bulk of bamboo shoots produced in Fukien province is exported through. Foochow. "In 1923, 66,619, piculs, valued at Tls. 544,187; in 1924, 107,116 piculs, valued at Tis. 1,117,690; and in 1925, 63.391 picula, valued at Tls.

It was suspected that this my-at 25 when London first saw her. 38 Squandered. 685,031 were exported Chekiang

a party. "It means," 44 Costly. ranks second us a bamboo produc-stery microbe might, indeed, be She never goes out to a dinner, a 42 Pouring flare of a pitcher. ing province, the producing zone the real 'fu germ at last, Colonies dance, or lying in the hill districts, in the of atreptococci which blended the she says, "twenty minutes of giv-46 Chronological series of ancestors. north-western part of the province, blood were" picked off and inves- ing everything you have." She 46 Walked down. including Huchow and Hangchow. tigated. The dector from whose clenches her shapely hands and 47 The bulk of Chekiang's bamboo blood the germ was cultivated had adds: "Then you have to spend ahoots seek an outside market another mild attack of 'u two four hours recovering and prepare In her cinema work Mme. Nazi- through Ningpo, where the export monthe later, and the same germ for your evening performance." figures recorded during the same was found again.

Some months hence a further in-mova has had a very prosperous period were 16,744 piculs, valued at. Th, 23,797 in 1923; 21,334 piculs, vestigation is to be made to see career. One experience she had in valued at Tis. 36,932 in 1924; and if this organism is still present. a Broadway mugle-hall still con- 14,632 picula, valued at Tls. 24,196 Neither investigator claims to have stitutes a record for compensation to play "The Unknown Lady," a in 1925. Szechwan occupies the found theu germ yet, but they in that field. She had contracted third place as a bamboo producing encourage further researches.

divorce sketch, for five weeks for £3,000. After two performances province, with Chungking as the outlet for its bamboo shoot export,

and a vigorous protest from the of which the figures for the cor-

The bulk of the

from the bill, Nazi- was taken shoots for export are of the mac mova was paid her full £3,000 for chu kind. Other common epecies the two performances. are the hoang ku chu, which yields shoots with a greenish tinge, popu- larly known as "vegetable shoots" and "chicken bamboo" whose shoots

responding three years were 8,869 techys pubescens, known popularly Catholic Writers' Guild the sketch |

as muo chn.

piculs, valued at Tls. 106,551, 7,671 piculs, valued at Tls, 108,228 and 5,276 piculs, valued at Tis. 114,319 respectively. Next in importance as bamboo shoot exporting ports are Canton and Changsha, of which the average yearly export figure always exceeds the 2,000 picul are known na "chicken shoot." The mark. The bulk of the shoots ex- shoots of the latter two species are ported is of course constimed on the consumed mostly on the local mar- home market, destined chiefly toket in a fresh state.

Almost all the bamboo shoots fot

the populous centres in the Yang-export are either dried or pickled.

tzc.valley.

Two Classes.

The canning of fresh bamboo. shoots for export has recently been started. Ningpo is a centre of the bamboo shoot canning industry. Shoots for export are first boiled in salt water and then dried in the sun. One way of drying bamboo) shoots is to strip off the sheathing leaves, leaving only the brittle suc- culent parts.

Theso are boiled with water, then suspended from rafters in a closed chamber, where they are dried over steady burning fires.

On the market, bamboo shoots are divided into two distinct classes the winter crop and the spring crop, the former being by far the more highly prized on ne- count of its tenderness. The win- ter crop is gathered in November, December, and January, when the shoot is a mere bud, beneath the surface of the earth. It is dis- covered by either examining the

The market price for fresh eracks on the surface of the earth or by feeling the ground with bare shoots fluctuates to a considerable feet, the farmers being highly skil- extent according to the season and The ful in dsing their toes to locate the the supply and demand. point of a shoot not quite above the prices of the dried or pickded shoots ground. The spring crop gathered are, however, more or less constant, or pickled in April or May is much larger in Commercially, dried quantity but fetches a much lower bamboo shoots are classified into price. These spring shoots have over 30 kinds, each having a parti- already grown about a few inches cular name. To mention but a few above the ground and become more there are the ta picn sold at Tls.

The fibrous than the winter crop.

30.80 picul, wholesale on the Shang- excessive development of fibre is a market, the er picn, at Tls. due chiefly to exposure of the shoot 29.40 a picul, the shang chung, at to light. As long as the shoot re- Tis. 28 a picul, the er cho taien, at mains beneath the surface of the Ts. 23.60 a pleul, etc. These are earth, it remains succulent. For of the more costly kind. The this reason, the farmers sometimes cheaper varieties are the "red uso a wooden bucket or pile up a shoot" sold at Tls. 11 a picul and small mound of earth to cover the ta lao tou, at about the sume shoot just growing above the price. There are eight leading ground.

Scores of species of bamboo have Shanghai, all having their premises been recorded by European scient in the Chinese City, and one Japan- ists in this country. Among these ese firm, in the International 'Set- the commonest kind is the Phylloetlernent.

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