English opium. : The sum of thirty guineas, being the premium offered, was this session given to Messrs. Cowley & Staines, of Winslow, Bucks, for 143 pounds of opium ...

Date:
1823
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Credit: English opium. : The sum of thirty guineas, being the premium offered, was this session given to Messrs. Cowley & Staines, of Winslow, Bucks, for 143 pounds of opium ... Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    A G R I C U LTD R E. 16 N° III. ENGLISH OPIUM. The Sum of Thirty Guineas, being the Premium offered, was this Session given to Messrs. Cowley Sc Staines, of Winslow, Bucks, for 14*3 pounds 0/ Opium, of excellent quality, collected by them, /ro/// about eleven Acres of Land, planted with the Papaver Somniferum. The following Communi¬ cation has been received from them on the subject, a Sample of the Opium remains in the posses¬ sion of the Society. Winslow, SIR » March 29, 1823. We have inclosed a specimen and testimonials to exemplify the quality, and certify the quantity, of opium which we obtained last year from about 11 acres of land, which we request you to lay before the Society. The method of cultivating the poppy and extracting the opium, differed in no respect from that employed in the preceding year, the account of which is already in the posses¬ sion of the Society: the only circumstance worthy of notice is, that the collection of opium was begun on June 26th, and finished July 13th, being more than a month earlier than the usual period; this was attributable to the dryness of the season, as was also the deficiency of the produce which fell below the average quantity. Some compensation, however,