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Originally appearing in Volume V10, Page 488 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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WPW , See also:

White picked wrack. GP V, See also:Grey picked wrack See also:flax. D, Dreiband (Threeband). PD, Picked Dreiband flax. LD, Livonian Dreiband. PLD, Picked Livonian Dreiband. SD, Slanitz Dreiband. PSD, Picked Slanitz Dreiband. The last-named (SD and PSD) are See also:dew-retted qualities shipped from See also:Riga either as Lithuanian Slanitz, Wellish Slanitz or Wiasma Slanitz, showing from what See also:district they come, as there are See also:differences in the quality of the produce of each district. The lowest quality of Riga flax is marked See also:DW, meaning Dreiband Wrack: Another See also:Russian See also:port from which a large quantity of flax is imported is See also:Pernau, where the marks in use are comparatively few.

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