390 OHIO TOBACCO. 



" Two kinds ol seed are used, viz., the i Thick Set ' and 

 the * Pear Tree,' and of late years the * Burley ' has come 

 into favor. Nearly all tobacco grown in Ohio is ' fired,' that 

 is, cured by fires or flues ; it is packed in hogsheads of about 

 eight hundred pounds net." 



Another writer says : 



" In some parts her soil produces a fine yellow article 

 called * Northern Ohio ;' it is manufactured into the finest 

 quality of smoking tobacco, and is extensively used by all 

 epicures of the meerschaum, both in this country and in 

 Europe. Ohio also produces another variety called Ohio seed 

 leaf, or more familiarly, ' Seed.' ' : 



While in another section she produces an excellent article 

 of leaf for chewing. Ohio tobacco of all kinds is a large 

 plant, and cures " down " to fine colors. One variety for 

 cutting, known as " cinnamon blotch," is a leaf of good body 

 and is considered an excellent tobacco for chewing. A few 

 years since a variety originated in a very curious manner. 

 We give the account as published by Prof. E. W. Smith : 



" This tobacco is known by the name of White tobacco. 

 The seed was procured about three years ago, in a very sin- 

 gular way. There were a few hills of tobacco that looked 

 yery singular, situated near a thicket of bushes and trees. 

 The rising morning sun sent its rays through this thicket, 

 striking diagonally upon a few hills, and producing by some 

 chemical law or daguerreotyping process the (white) tobacco. 

 The tobacco was allowed to go to seed. This seed was sown 

 the next year, and produced the same kind of tobacco. The 

 tobacco, before the white tobacco was daguerreotyped, was a 

 cinnamon blotch, so it may be seen by this freak of nature 

 how it was changed from red to white." 



PEKIQUE TOBACCO. 



There are many varieties of tobacco well adapted for 

 smoking, of all colors and strengths. Of American tobaccos 

 suitable for this purpose, none have acquired a wider reputa- 

 tion at home than Perique. It is cultivated only in small 

 quantities in one or two parishes in Louisiana. Perique 

 tobacco may be used not only for smoking, but for chewing 

 and for snuff. The leaf when cured measures some eighteen 



