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TOBACCO BEEEDTNG. 



value of the variety for cigar-Avrapper production. It is likely that 

 more or less variation Avill be developed in crops of this variety 

 for several years, but that this variability Avill not be very marked. 

 Small crops ought to be grown at first, even in the Connecticut Valley 

 where the variety was produced. P'rom these crops selections can 

 be made in accordance with the directions given in this bulletin 

 under the head of "' The selection of seed plants," whereb}'' acclimated 

 strains of this variety adaj)ted to local conditions, which will be an 

 improvement over the present variety, can be secured. 



THE BREWER HYBRID. 



The historv of the origin of the varietv known as the Brewer 

 Hybrid is as follows: Plants of the Connecticut Broadleaf variety 



raised from seed of the 

 strain grown bv Mr. N. S. 

 Brewer, Hockanum, Conn., 

 were crost in 1903 with 

 pollen secured from plants 

 grown in the Connecticut 

 Valley from imported Cu- 

 ban seed. ]\Iany crosses 

 Avere also made in 1904. 

 The plants raised from the 

 hybrid seed in 1904 showed 

 that a marked change had 

 been effected by hybridi- 

 zation. The hybrid plants 

 produced short, broad 

 leaves of fine, even tex- 

 ture with small fine veins, 

 an increased number of 

 leaves with little increase 

 in the height of the plants 

 and, in some cases, a much 

 improved tvpe of plant for 

 cigar-Avrapper production. 

 Selections from the crop of 1904 Avere groAAii in 1905, and one 

 strain in particular showed such fixit}" of iypo^ that it ma}' be con- 

 sidered ready for distribution to groAvers. 



In the Connecticut Broadleaf tobacco the large size of the leaA^es 

 is correlated Avith large A'eins and rather coarse and inferior basal 

 portions of the leaA'es. These basal parts of the leiiA^es are only suit- 

 able in most cases for cigar binders and for blending with fillers. As 



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Fig. 13. — Typical iiiant cji the Brewer hybml tuliai-ro. Loa- 

 necticut Broadleaf, female parent; Cuban, male parent. 



