34 TOBACCO. 



" cultivated various kinds of tobacco, but have come to 

 the conclusion that v^hat we call the Ohio seed-leaf is 

 the best and most profitable kind for general cultivation. 

 There are other kinds of tobacco that sometimes are 

 profitable, and do vrell, but most of these do not cure out 

 so vrell, nor colour so evenly, nor are they so fine and 

 saleable as t seed-leaf. The Havanna tobacco is too 

 small and has not the fine flavour of the imported. The 

 Connecticut seed-leaf I believe to be identical with our 

 Ohio seed-leaf ; the difference in the climate may make 

 a slight variation in the quality, but we plant the Con- 

 necticut seed-leaf here in Ohio, and I do not think they 

 can be told apart." 



Schneider recommends the following varieties : " 1. 

 Connecticut seed-leaf, principally for cigar-wrappers; 2. 

 Cuba, for fillers and wi-appers ; 3. Maryland ; 4. Virginia, 

 the last two principally for smoking and chewing 

 tobacco. For snuff everything may be used, the refuse 

 and even the stems. The Connecticut, Maryland, and 

 Virginia yield the largest crops, the Cuba the smallest 

 but best. The first varieties yield about one thousand 

 pounds, the latter five hundred jDounds. In very favour- 

 able seasons double the amount may be raised. All 

 tobacco-seed, which is removed from its native clime and 

 soil, will deteriorate, and the seed must be renewed from 

 its native place, although the seed may, when it finds 

 favourable soil, &c., yield just as good, if not a better 

 variety." 



In Virginia, remarks Thomas, there are " as many 

 varieties of tobacco-seed as of corn or wheat. I will 

 name a few : The Big; Frederic, the Little Frederic, the 



