TOBACCO CULTURE. 



a crop so distinct from that of the parent plant, as to be 

 very noticeable, and in a few seasons' growth it will have 

 lost nearly all resemblance to the original type. 



Climate cannot be held wholly responsible for these 

 variations nor can they be wholly attributed to the peculiar- 

 ities of soils. Il is worthy of note that even the chemist's 

 analysis fails to show such differences in the compositions 

 of these soils, as might reasonably explain the marked 

 changes in the character of leaf, noticed after the transfer of 

 the plant to new localities. 



Tobacco growers are well aware that the nature of soils 

 to a considerable degree, influences the color of tobacco 

 leaf ; that the light soils of the Connecticut Valley produce 

 a lighter colored cigar leaf than the richer and darker soils 

 of Pennsylvania; that the dark and heavy soils of Tennessee 

 and Kentucky, produce a heavier and darker leaf than the 

 lighter soils of North Carolina, the home of the famous 

 " Bright leaf" tobacco. 



That certain regions are peculiarly adapted to cigar leaf 

 production is good evidence that the nature of tobacco is 

 considerably influenced by the kind of soil. Sumatra, Cuba, 

 Florida, the Connecticut Valley and Wisconsin are centres 

 of " cigar leaf " production, but climatic conditions in the 

 various localities are as different as they are geographically 

 widely separated. The tobaccos grown in these places are 

 often widely different in grade. These differences in grade 

 are not alone a matter of climate, as for example, there is a 

 vast difference between the climate of Cuba and that of 



