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JAPANESE TOBACCO. 



cultivating a field of Turkish tobacco is very tedious, as large 

 quantities of water have to be carried to sprinkle upon the 

 plants. The finest colored, a pale yellow leaf, brings 

 " inflated " prices, but more often by others than the poor 

 Turk who grows it. 



JAPAN TOBACCO. 



Of the tobacco of Asia, the best known in Europe is the 



yellow leaf grown in Japan. 

 In those provinces where a 

 high degree of temperature 

 prevails, the plant lives 

 throughout the winter, but it 

 is nevertheless customary to 

 sow fresh seed in the early 

 spring of each successive year. 

 When fully grown, Japan 

 tobacco attains an altitude of 

 about six feet, bearing leaves 

 long and pointed, completely 

 enveloping the stalk. The 

 leaves, however, differ in form 

 in different provinces, some 



being round and wide, others narrow and pointed, and others 

 thick and long. 



The mode of cultivating also varies in the different prov- 

 inces. The sowing and transplanting are dependent on the 

 temperature of the locality, and each place follows its own 

 customs. In autumn a great number of flowers spring from 

 the tip of the stalk. These are about an inch in length, and 

 of a pale purple tint. To these succeed small round capsules, 

 inside of which are three small chambers containing a great 

 number of light red seeds. The method of cultivation is novel, 

 the manuring of tobacco differing from that of other plants 

 in that it is plentifully applied both to the roots and leaves. 



GUATEMALA TOBACCO. 



The tobacco of Central America, though possessing consid- 

 erable excellence, has never become an important product, 



JAPAN TOBACCO. 



