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The Journal of Heredity 





AFTKH THE SECOND PICKINC; 



Stewart Cuban shade j^rown tobacco at Windsor, Conn., August 18, 1913. Tliose j)lants have 

 produced more than 30 leaves to the stalk, and two pickings have already i>een made. 

 As the lower leaves ripen sooner than the upper ones do, they are harvested first, and 

 five or six pickings are required to get the entire crop at the right stage. (Fig. 13.) 



soil in the greenhouse of the Connecticut 

 Agricultural Exix-rimcnt Station, the 

 plants bcinj^' transplanted when neces- 

 sary, 8-inch pots bci <^ finally used. 

 • About the last of May, the j^lants were 

 set out in the j^arden at the Connecticut 

 Agricultural Station grounds in New 

 Haven. They grew luxuriantly during 



the season, and alxml the middle of 

 September they were ]jholograj)hcd and 

 examined. At this time ihcy were 

 from 12 to 14 feet tall, had i)roduced an 

 average of 80 leaves to llie ])lant, and 

 none showed signs of a blossom. On 

 transi)lanting these to the greenhouse, 

 however, onlv a few more leaves were 



