THE HARVEST OF CORKS
'London i s the hub of the cork world, and takes the greater part of the valuable bark harvests of Spain and Portugal, the two countries whose soil and, climate apparently favour the growth of the cork-bark. Xo tree, for instance, is “ barked” until it is at least 16 inches in circumference. On an average it takes a tree twenty years to reach that size. Later “ barkings ” follow it at intervals of from eight to ten. years, and the quality of the cork improves each time. A tree may yoid a serviceable bark until it is a hundred years old. The first bark re,moved —virgin cork —is of too coarse a quality to he used for anything but tanning purposes. The second crop is better —good! enough for .stu/fing lifebelts and so on, where smoothness of texture and elasticity are not essential. For bottle corks the highest grad,e cork is used.
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Waipa Post, Volume 32, Issue 1779, 6 July 1926, Page 6
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