SAXTON'S HAND-BOOK 



TOBACCO CULTURE, 



BEIXG A C05U>LETE 



MANUAL OR PRACTICAL GUIDE 



SELECTION OF THE SOIL AND ITS PREPARATIOX ; KIND AND QUANTITY 



OF JIANLTIES TO BE USED, AND HOW APPLIED ; GROWTH OF 



PLANTS ; TRANSPLANTING AND MODE OF CULTURE GEN- 



EliALLY, FROM TlilE OF PLANTING THE SEED BED, 



THROUGH HARVESTING, CURING, AND 



PREPARATION FOR M.mKET. 



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SHOWING TUB PLANT IN ITS DIFFERENT STAGES OF GROWTH. 



NEW YOKE: 



G. iMi. s _/^ ::^^ T o isr ^ 



AGRICULTURAL BOOK PUBLISHER. 



1863. 



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