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IT is reported in Izvestia that the crop of the U.S.S.R. in 1940 produced 23,500 tons of tea. The tea plantations in Georgia, where the bulk of the tea is grown, now occupy an area of 121,000 acres. An additional 7,500 acres will be planted to tea next spring. A certain amount of tea is also grown in Soviet Azerbaijan. Tea-growing was first introduced into Russia fifty-six years ago, at Chakva, near Batum (Georgia). An area of five acres was then planted to tea. The cultivation of tea in Russia made little progress until after the Revolution and the inception of the five-year plans.
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Tea-Growing in U.S.S.R. Nature 147, 173 (1941). https://doi.org/10.1038/147173c0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/147173c0