Because the planting was experimental and cleared 

 land still scarce, Rolfe's first harvest of a tobacco type 

 new in Virginia came from only a small plot. Within a 

 few decades after that successful initial crop, green fields 

 of tall tobacco plants were extending the colony's boun- 

 daries westward and southward. 



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irginia's current tobacco production 



The green fields are still there, though in different 

 areas from the settlement's first tobacco farms. Tobacco 

 is now produced in more than half of Virginia's 98 coun- 

 ties, in fields occupying over 91,000 acres. The overall 

 production puts tobacco in the leading place among 

 Virginia's cash crops. Four difi^erent types of tobacco 

 are grown in Virginia. These are: 



• Flue-cured (Bright). Virginia's 1959 harvest was 

 106,500,000 pounds. This type, produced in six States, 

 is known throughout the world as "Virginia." It is the 

 chief ingredient of cigarettes manufactured in the 

 United States and much of it is used in smoking to- 

 baccos. 



• Burley (light air-cured). Production in Virginia in 

 1959 was 21.4 million pounds. Grown in eight States, it is 

 an important ingredient in cigarettes and in pipe to- 

 baccos. Some of this type is suitable for snuff. 



• Fire-cured. Virginia produced about 10.8 million 

 pounds in 1959. This type, grown in three States, is the 

 chief raw material of snuff. Some of it is utilized in twist 

 chewing tobacco. 



