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ern, or southeastern, is the preference, the southern 

 next, the northern third and the western last. 



The White Burley tobacco is planted to some extent 

 in Virginia, Tennessee, Missouri, Maryland, West Vir- 

 ginia, Indiana, Ohio and Arkansas, but it usually fails, 

 when planted outside of the blue limestone soils of its 

 native habitat, to attain the excellence that makes it 

 desirable. The farmers of each district often, after 

 fruitless experiments, return to the cultivation of that 

 type which has made each district famous. Some 

 excellent Burley tobacco is produced on the freestone 

 soils of West Virginia, with pebbly subsoils covered with 

 humus. 



The central basin of Tennessee, of which Nashville 

 is the center, by reason of its blue limestone soils, which 

 have the same geological and lithological character as 

 those in the White Burley district of Kentucky, pre- 

 sents the most promising field for the extension of the 

 culture of this most desirable product. Some is already 

 grown in Trousdale, Wilson, Smith, and a part of 

 Mason, in the upper Cumberland river tobacco district, 

 in Tennessee, and in several of the counties in the same 

 tobacco district-in Kentucky. 



Two Varieties of White Burley. There are two 

 sub-varieties of White Burley now grown in Kentucky. 

 The old variety (Plate VII, Page 40) has a pale green, 

 or greenish-white color, and the leaves grow very closely 

 together on the stalk. It is also much ruffled, that is, 

 the leaves at the junction with the stalk have a ruffle, 

 which passes sometimes entirely around the stalk. 



The other sub- variety (Plate IX, Page 48) is not so 

 pale in color, but it shows the white veins while grow- 

 ing. The leaves are more pointed and do not grow so 

 closely together on the stalk. This sub-variety is more 

 hardy and less easily damaged by weather conditions, 

 either in the field, or after it has been put in the barn. 



