As a general rule the removal of the " bolls " or capsules by the process of rippling immediately follows the pulling, the operation being performed in the field; but under some systems of cultivation, as, for example, the Courtrai method, alluded to below, the crop is made up into sheaves, dried and stacked, and is only boiled and retted in the early part of the next ensuing season. [Please select]
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A considerable amount of flax grown elsewhere in Europe is sent to this part of Belgium to be retted. [Please select]
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They are then "retted," or beaten, and the fibre is removed. [Please select]
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This must be retted, carded, spun, and woven, and then with scissors, needle, and thread I will make you any article of clothing you choose. [Please select]
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