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8(d)
Give geographical reasons for the following:
Regular pruning is essential for tea bushes.
Topic: Tea cultivation
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Answer
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Pruning holds the bush at a convenient plucking height of about half a metre and drives it to throw out new shoots — the soft young leaves that make the tea.
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