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^delds from 2 570 to 2 646 lbs. of leaves per acre. The only fault of tliis 

 plant is that the topmost leaves are lost because they ripen very late. It 

 is very probable that Giant Herzegovina corresponds to the Austrian 

 Grada-.z which was apparently obtained it in igo8 in the Sinj Experimental 

 Station b}^ natural crossing probably with a Turkish tobacco. This vigor- 

 ous type might be used in Albania as a basis for hybridization. Besides 

 this, recourse might be had in Albania (as has already been done in Monte- 

 negro) to the growing of certain Macedonian types belonging both to the 

 Bashi-Bagli group with stalked leaves and to the Basna group with sessile, 

 leaves. It would be necessary to restrict these to districts where the 

 growers were willing and able to manipulate the produce carefully. 



Without doubt Porsician, which is a good Bashi-Bagli, should be tried 

 first, as it has given good results in the Lecce province, and it is occasion- 

 ally met with in very restricted areas in Central Albania. Other types 

 might then be tried, including Zinha, Mahala, Edyrnegik, Kirs, Xeres, 

 Aya-Soluk, Samsun etc. besides many other varieties of tobacco, from tem- 

 perate or subtropical zones, differing in t3^pe from the Herzegovina and 

 Macedonia tobaccos, such as Maryland, Eurley, Italia x Kentucky, 

 Bright etc. On the other hand tropical types of tobacco such as vSumatra, 

 Java, Havana, Saint Dominique, and Bresil, do not succeed in Albania 

 because they are not suited to the climate of this region. 



1289 - New Varieties of Italian Tobacco, Resistant to Thielavia basicola (i) — 



Benin C\SA M., in Minisiero dellc Finanze, Direzione Generate dellc Privative, BoUcttino 

 Tecnico delta Coltivazione dei Tabacchi pubblicato per cura del R. Istituto sperimentale 

 in Scafati (Salerno), Year X\^ Nos. i, 2, pp. 29-33. Scafati, January- February and March- 

 April, 1916. 



In an earlier article {Bollettino Tecnico del R. Istituto sperimentale di 

 Scafati, No. 5, 1914) the writer described some experiments which showed 

 that the decline in the growing of Kentucky tobacco in some parts of Italy 

 was due to root rot, and, as all other remedies proved useless, the planting 

 of special resistant varieties was advised. In the present paper the best me- 

 thods of growing these new varieties are discussed, and attention is drawn 

 to their industrial characters and to the impetus that has been given to 

 tobacco growing in the districts where they have become established. These 

 varieties are chiefly hybrids and in addition to being resistant to Thielavia 

 basicola they have other advantages from the growers' standpoint and they 

 possess valuable commercial iiualities. As these varieties are becoming 

 more and more local in character they may be groujjed according to the 

 districts in which they are chiefly grown, as follows: 



Hybrids of Cava dei Tirreni. — Numerous hybrids of heavy tobacco 

 have been tested in this locality during the last few years, and Italia 

 X Kentucky and Salento X Kentucky have become established. 



According to Dr. Angeloni, since Italia is a hybrid between Ken- 

 tucky and Sumatra, Italia x Kentucky possesses the hereditary characte- 



(i) See also jy. 1912, No. 234. {E<i-) 



