{
 "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
 "id": "lavender-harvest",
 "type": "Process",
 "version": 1,
 "updated": "2026-09-30",
 "confidence": "A",
 "history": {
  "value": null,
  "evidence": null,
  "source": null,
  "where": null,
  "confidence": null,
  "note": "no Historical Event record yet"
 },
 "media": [],
 "station": 1,
 "kind": "harvest",
 "sources": [
  "HV-4"
 ],
 "name": {
  "value": "cutting of the flowering stems",
  "evidence": "documented",
  "source": "HV-4",
  "quote": "Les cisailles coupent la plante au ras des tiges, avant les feuilles.",
  "where": "docs/sources/HV-4-culture-gouv-lavande-pci.md:50",
  "confidence": "A"
 },
 "method": {
  "value": "the shears cut the plant at the stems, above the leaves; the cut lavender is left to pre-wilt before distillation",
  "evidence": "documented",
  "source": "HV-4",
  "quote": "Les cisailles coupent la plante au ras des tiges, avant les feuilles.",
  "where": "docs/sources/HV-4-culture-gouv-lavande-pci.md:50",
  "confidence": "A",
  "note": "pre-wilting: “Elle est aussi mise à pré-faner afin d’obtenir une huile essentielle moins riche en alpha-terpinéol, et donc de meilleure qualité.” (docs/sources/HV-4-culture-gouv-lavande-pci.md, quote 10)"
 },
 "timing": {
  "value": null,
  "evidence": null,
  "source": null,
  "where": null,
  "confidence": null,
  "note": "the months are on the Origin record alpes-de-haute-provence-fr (harvest_windows); no time of day is filed"
 },
 "yields": {
  "value": "the flowering stems, forked into the distillation vats",
  "evidence": "documented",
  "source": "HV-4",
  "quote": "Les tiges fleuries sont déversées au pied des cuves de distillation (ill. 4) pour y être enfournées à l’aide de fourches.",
  "where": "docs/sources/HV-4-culture-gouv-lavande-pci.md:56",
  "confidence": "A"
 },
 "parameters": {
  "value": "pre-wilting, so that the oil is less rich in α-terpineol",
  "evidence": "documented",
  "source": "HV-4",
  "quote": "Elle est aussi mise à pré-faner afin d’obtenir une huile essentielle moins riche en alpha-terpinéol, et donc de meilleure qualité.",
  "where": "docs/sources/HV-4-culture-gouv-lavande-pci.md:53",
  "confidence": "A"
 },
 "materials": [
  "lavender-essential-oil",
  "lavandin-essential-oil"
 ],
 "botanicals": [
  "lavandula-angustifolia",
  "lavandin"
 ],
 "origins": [
  "alpes-de-haute-provence-fr"
 ],
 "links": {
  "essay": "/materials#origin-lavender"
 },
 "copy": {
  "lede": "Lavender is cut with shears at the stems, above the leaves, and the cut stems are left to wilt a little before they go into the still: the oil is then less rich in α-terpineol."
 },
 "notes": "The French heritage inventory (HV-4) describes fine lavender; lavandin is cut and distilled the same way on the farms it records (“lavandin coupé”, quote 15)."
}