30 VARIETIES OF TOBACCO SEED DISTRIBUTED IN 1905-6. 



Worms are usually very troublesome on this variet}^ of tobacco 

 and must be picked off and destroyed as soon as they appear, or the}^ 

 can be poisoned with a very light spray of Paris green mixture. The 

 •'powder gun" has come into general use and is rapidly replacing the 

 spray pump for poisoning the hornworm and budworni. The growers 

 who still emploj^ the spray pump use 1 pound of Paris green and an 

 equal quantity of quicklime to 100 gallons of water, this being suffi- 

 cientl}^ strong to kill the hornworms without injuring the leaves. If 

 a stronger solution is used there is danger of burning the leaves, so 

 that patches of green will appear after curing. A mixture of 1 pound 

 of Paris green to 30 pounds of lime or land plaster is recommended 

 for use in the powder gun. 



The manner of harvesting the southern Cuban tobacco is essentiall}'^ 

 the same as that practiced with the Connecticut Havana Seed tobacco. 

 The number of plants to the lath, however, may be increased to 8 or 10, 

 where the growth is comparatively small. 



Some growers prefei- to prime the Cuban tobacco. This process is 

 more expensive, but a thinner leaf is obtained, which makes it possi- 

 ble to use a certain percentage of leaves for wrapper purposes. There 

 are no advantages in this system over the present method of cutting 

 the plants so far as the production of a filler leaf is concerned. 



Where the soil has been abundantly fertilized and the season is 

 favorable, a profitable second crop of filler can be grown, which is 

 commonly called a "sucker crop." A week after cutting, all the suck- 

 ers should be broken off the old stump with the exception of one, 

 which is to be allowed to remain and mature. It should be handled in 

 exactly the same way as the original crop. The sucker crop ordi- 

 narily produces about one-half the yield of the main crop. Insects 

 are alwa3^s ver}- much worse late in the season and become very 

 troublesome in the sucker crop. 



ZIMMER SPANISH AND LITTLE DUTCH TOBACCOS. 



The preparation and care of the seed bed for Zimmer Spanish and 

 Little Dutch varieties should be the same as given for Connecticut 

 Havana tobacco. The preparation of the soil and the methods of trans- 

 planting and cultivating are the same as those given for Connecticut 

 HaA'ana. The plants should be set in rows 3 feet apart and the seed- 

 lings set from 15 to 20 inches apart in the rows. The plants should 

 be topped so as to leave about 16 leaves for each plant. The average 

 yield of the Zimmer Spanish variety is about 600 pounds to the acre, 

 while the yield of the Little Dutch variety is considerably less. The 

 methods of harvesting, curing, and fermenting are essentiallv the 

 same as those for the Connecticut Havana variety. 



