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Abutilon avicinnoe.[Corchorus sp.] American jute. Near Yang Tsun, China. View of one side of a piece of a nice rick of good looking Ching Ma fiber drying in the sun. This Ching Ma fiber plant is said to produce 80 cathis, about 100 pounds, of fiber per acre. The long fiber sells at 14.00 local dollars per 120 cathis and 13.00 per the short fiber. Photograph #45580.
"Abutilon avicinnoe.[Corchorus sp.] American jute. Near Yang Tsun, China. View of one side of a piece of a nice rick of good looking Ching Ma fiber drying in the sun. This Ching Ma fiber plant is said to produce 80 cathis, about 100 pounds, of fiber per acre. The long fiber sells at 14.00 local dollars per 120 cathis and 13.00 per the short fiber. Photograph #45580."
Dorsett-Morse Oriental Agricultural Exploration Expedition Collection
Collection 51

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