ILLUSTRATIONS. 



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 Plate I. Fig. 1. — Connecticut Cuban tobacco, first year from Cuba. Fig. 2. — 

 The same field shown in figure 1, after saving seed under bag and 



the selection of the best plants for two years Frontispiece. 



II. Fig. 1. — Tobacco seed bed in Florida. Fig. 2. —Tobacco seed beds 



in Connecticut — tent, hotbed, and cold frame 40 



III. Fig. 1. — Transplanting tobacco seedlings with machine. Fig. 2. — 



Sterilizing soil for tobacco seed beds 40 



IV. Fig. 1. — Tobacco seed separator. Fig. 2. — Seedlings from heavy, 



medium, and light tobacco seed 40 



V. Fig. 1. — Method of "spearing" tobacco plants during harvest. 



Fig. 2. — Wagon rack for transporting plants to curing shed 40 



VI. Fig. 1. — Capped plants saved for seed. Fig. 2. — Curing shed in the 



Connecticut Valley 40 



VII. Fig. 1. — Seed plant ready for bag. Fig. 2. — Proper arrangement of 



bag on seed plant 40 



VIII. Fig. 1. — Arrangement and structure of tobacco flowers. Fig. 2. — 

 Two strains of Connecticut Broadleaf tobacco, the row on the left 

 from an early parent and the row on the right from a late parent. 40 

 IX. Fig. 1. — Uniformity in time of maturity and other characters of two 

 types of Connecticut Sumatra tobacco raised from seed saved under 

 bag. Fig. 2. — Lack of uniformity in time of maturity and other 

 characters in ordinary Connecticut Broadleaf tobacco 40 



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