ABOUT INDIGO | AdventAI

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Jul 7, 1887

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 13, No. 26.

ABOUT INDIGO.

INDIGO comes from a plant which grows in Asia, Africa, and South America. The plant is not exactly alike in these different countries, but it is everywhere very pretty, with long, slender green leaves and rose-colored blossoms. The plant grows very tall, often as high as six feet. The coloring matter is found in the leaves, and is made apparent as the leaves dry. When the plant has arrived at the proper stage it is cut off and cast into a sort of vat with other plants, and after being covered with water they are left to ferment. During this fermentation the indigo is deposited in the water. It has to go through several processes before it is ready for market.—Selected.