The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-10-08

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small quantities.
Ths process q manufacture after ths
eeies have ee~r brouss: 20 . perfection q
DOOM - comparatively Simple Much de-
Ponds upon the climate conditions for ths
perfect condition Of the flowers. After .
mild winter. with . cool, damp. early sum
sner, not too vet or ton rot. though g
may be necessary 10 resort 70 arfi1ciai
irrigation 90 bring TIE plan: 70 perfection.
the newerS come ost In fine condition. and
q large amount Of altar Is the result
A hot southern wind during he picking
In Bulgaria VIII ruin the crop even then
Hot and dry weather during picking is
also unfayorable. bat not so fatal
The picking - an interesting process
IL Is done by tie poorer classes Of the
people. Each blossom 10 picked Jus; be-
low the caiyx. thrown into big baskets
crowded for the purpose. and then carted
away TO the distiliery. which Is near at
Land The flowers must be used lmne-
diafely. or they sour and lose their fra
GRANGE. The picking is done in June and
July. and lasts practically a monfh-trom
-of the next.
In the vicinity Of the rose field IN Ger
many the schools are closed during tha
season o! the rose picking. and the chill
dren, with THAR mothers, devote them
selves 10 the work. receiving q nominal
sum for their iabors There Is no work
done In the middle Of the day. the pick
Tag being done III the early morning and
In the evening when the roses viii not
deteriorate so quickly.
An enormous quantity OF roses Is re-
Quircsd To make q small quantity OF OIL:
SEQ KIDS. one man n the business says.
Will yield l kio Of oil or, another
says. $40 pounds OF roses will make %
pounds OF oil, and TO produce those $500
pounds Of roses Il requires an area OF
2.4Ii acres OF rose plants. The price Of
altar Of roses varies according 10 the
crops. A woman going To pharmacy
In New York recently paid 10 cents for two
drops Of rose oil. That may or may not
have been adulterated. Reliable dealers
often find II Difficult; to obtain the pure
article. and II may not be considered
aduiterated in retail shop when II ID
diluted. The wholesale price will vary
from s. 10 - an ounce. Though Moore
says the Altar Gul In more precious than
gold, 1t is by no means the most precious
OF perfumes. for musk 10 sold for $2s and
80 an ounce.
The process Of disttiiation Ia always SIM
pie. The flowers are distilled with double
their weight Of water. Part OF this IL
drawn OF: the operation II repeated sew
eral times The result Of the several dis
citations being combined and distilled
again and the liquid drawn from the last
distilIation Is allowed 10 stand for day
or two, when the oil In skinned OF. The
water scented by this process Is the rose
wafer familiar as = toilet article. A rose
ponade which Is largely used for per-
fumes Ia made by covering the rose leaves
With purified lard or marrow, which alb
serbs the oil quickly. Then IL 10 separated
from the leaves and placed ia Theoretically
sealed cans. where IL will remain sweet
for twenty years or more. For use It II
combined with frozen spirits Of cologne.
when II IL known as rose pomade. The
poinade II used largely for perfumes and
the oil for rayorings. 1t nayors the rose
confectionery, ana Is found in dentifrice,
sacheis and more practical articles OF mer-
chAndiSe.
The greatest amount OF rose oil, accord
Ing TO the statistics OF few years ago.
comes to France and America. Those two
countries are grouped together In the sta
tistics and received one year l.s64 kilos.
Constantinopie is next at AS kilos. Eng
Land and Germany following with 46S and
AZ kIios. respectively. Italy took the least
only kiios I'm the year. The Turkish gov
eminent, fayoring the manufacture, has
granted the rose farmers exemption from
taxes and internal revenue for several
years.
The altar OF roses Is put up for export IN
different ways. Queer copper containers,
tin lined. shaped something like canteen
and In different sizes. holding ten. twenty
or eighty ounces. are used somewhat The
cans are covered with . parchment-liks
material. and carefully sealed In more
attractive form Il comes In large glass
bottles that figured in what was known at
one time as q gilt design very much Ike
those OF the familiar little altar OF rose
bottles OF past history.
There il ore great trouble with altar OF
roses. and this may have had something
TO do with the loss of popularity OF the
little straight bottles that the grandmoih-
ars loved. 1t Is easy to add 10 |; other and
cheaper flowers than the beautiful Rosa
Damaseena Of the days OF IaIta Rookh.
and while the price is less the perfume
Is less also, II IL difficult 10 find the pure
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