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A jfood many plants under the cloth shelter were killed by the drip 

 from the seams, wires, and plates of the structure. This first year's 

 work demonstrated quite clearly that tentini>: tobacco is not a success 

 in Hawaii, at least in regions of high rainfall. 



The following field notes may be of interest and value: 

 Sumatra. — Sumatra tobacco averages 8 to 9 feet in height and tops 

 at about T feet. One thousand plants produced 11»,309 leaves, weigh- 

 ing, green, 684 pounds, or 137 pounds of linished tobacco. The aver- 

 age per plant was 19.3 leaves, weighing 11.5 ounces, and the esti- 

 mated yield per acre containing 9,680 plants was 0,332 pounds of green 

 leaf, which would make 1,260 pounds of finished tobacco. 



Fhrrlda Ouhan. — This tobacco grows 5 to 7 feet in height and tops 

 at rti to 5i feet. Each plant yielded on an average 10.6 leaves, weigh- 

 ing, green, ^.'^ ounces. Florida Cuban tobacco will stand planting 15 

 inches apart in rows 3 feet apart, or at the rate of 11,500 plants to the 

 acre. The estimated yield per acre on the basis of the yield obtained 

 is 4,870 pounds of green leaf, or 970 pounds of finished tobacco. 



Vuelta Ahajo^ Cahaii. — This is a low-growing tobacco, averaging 

 about 4^^ feet and topping at 3 to 3^ feet. (Plate I, fig. 2.) Two hun- 

 dred and ten plants yielded 1,500 leaves. The average per plant was 

 7.2 leaves, weighing, green, 3.4 ounces. This tobacco would stand 

 planting 12 inches apart in rows 3 feet apart, or at the rate of 14,500 

 plants per acre. The estimated yield per acre is 3,080 pounds of green 

 leaf, or 616 pounds of finished tobacco. 



Connecticut Broad Leaf. — This tobacco grows 4 to 6 feet tall and tops 

 on an average at 3 feet 8 inches. Some of the leaves were 37 inches 

 long b}' 16 wide. The average per plant was 15.1 leaves, weighing 1 

 pound. This tobacco is planted 18 inches apart in rows 42 inches 

 apart. It should have been spaced wider, at least 30 inches in the row 

 and 48 inches between rows. Our yield was at the rate of 7,820 pounds 

 of green leaf or 1,560 pounds of finished tobacco. Connecticut Broad 

 Leaf is difficult to cure because of the extraordinary thickness of the 

 midrib and lateral veins. None of the other varieties of tobacco grown 

 were weighed or measured. 



Connecticut Seed Ztt(/" cured lighter than any of the other tobaccos 

 and gave a thin, light leaf, fit for wrapper. In the curing shed this 

 molded very badly. White Biirley would not cure or even dry with- 

 out moldmg. It wdl require a high heat to cure. It is a pipe tobacco 

 and is also, to some extent, used as a filler in cheap, domestic cigars. 



Japan tobacco is about the same as the Broad Leaf, a wide leaf, 

 not quite so long but with a large midrib. It is a pipe or cigarette 

 tobacco. 



Zimrner Spanish cured veiy dark, harsh, dry, and brittle, and did 

 not absorb much moisture even in a rainy time. It is used for filler in 

 the cheaper grades of domestic cigars. 



