198 TOBACCO PRODUCTION IN THE UNITED STATES. 



VARIETIES OF TOBACCO. 



The types and grades for which any given district or section is especially noted depend not so much upon 

 variety as upon peculiarities of soil, methods of cultivation, and subsequent management in the curing processes. 



MIDDLE DIVISION. 



GOOCHLAND. The variety mostly planted is Orinoco, making the finest grades. White stem is also grown, 

 which is not so liable to be eaten by the horn-worms, because it is coarser and tougher, but does not sell so high 

 its the Orinoco. 



HANOVER. The varieties generally cultivated are the Broad and Narrow Orinocos the latter noted for its 

 small fibers and delicate flavor. The Narrow Orinoco is probably the same as is known elsewhere in the sun- and 

 air-curing district as Little or Sweet Orinoco. The Johnson-Green is also grown to some extent ; it is stronger 

 in flavor than the Orinocos, and is preferred when the product is intended for strips or shipping leaf. Single leaves 

 of this variety have been known to weigh two ounces when cured. 



BUCKINGHAM. The Broad and the Narrow Orinocos are used for both shipping and manufacturing. One 

 peculiarity of the White Stem is its difficulty of curing to a uniform color, it being liable to have green streaks if 

 cured too hastily, or white stems and fibers if cured too slowly. The Medley Pryor is preferable for rich lands, and 

 being a late variety, it does not always ripen, but when well matured it is sought by purchasers for manufacturing. 

 Nicely handled, it makes the finest bright shipping, and brings high prices. 



CUMBERLAND. The planters raise Orinoco, White Stem, Frederick, dark, rich and heavy, and Medley Pryor. 

 The dark tobaccos, which are mostly cultivated in this county, are intended for export. 



AMELIA. Formerly the White Stem was almost universally planted. The leaves are long and fibrous, of rapid 

 growth; top leaves sweeping the ground, and, for that reason, often ragged at the ends. Recently the Medley 

 Pryor has been preferred. 



APPOMATTOX. Orinoco and White Stem are the principal varieties. 



DINWIDDIE. Orinoco is now generally grown. White Stem and Long Green are grown for quantity rather 

 than for quality, and are popular with rough managers. Blue Pryor and Silky Pryor are favorites with careful 

 planters, the latter variety being disposed to cure bright. 



CHARLOTTE. The Yellow and the Medley Pryor are cultivated for the continental market; the Big and Little 

 Orinocos for the home trade principally, for fillers and wrappers; Long Green for English shipping. The Yellow 

 Pryor is capable of filling a greater variety of uses than any other kind, readily adapting itself to variations of 

 soil and of cultivation, and will make bright wrappers as well as the best grades of dark and mahogany wrappers 

 for the Austrian and Italian markets. Long Green makes a coarse, heavy, rich tobacco, and yields more to the 

 acre than the others. 



LUNENBURG. Planters raise Blue Pryor, Yellow Pryor, Orinoco, Medley Long Leaf (a very broad leaf, but 

 late) for shipping and dark wrappers; Wells (short, broad leaf, early), for wrappers; One Sucker, Spread Eagle 

 (large, broad leaf, resembling, though not identical with Blue Pryor), Caswell (leaf medium size, and cures a 

 bright color, and used for bright wrappers and smokers), and White Stem. 



PITTSYLVANIA. The Little and the Big Orinocos are most cultivated. Spotted Pryor is raised by some, grows 

 rather larger than Orinoco, is of fine quality, yellows well on the hill, but is several weeks later in maturing than 

 the Orinocos, and is therefore not desirable except for early plantings. Gourd Leaf, a new variety, is rapidly coming 

 into favor. This variety has a large, fine, silky leaf, broad but short, yellows on the hill better, and is more 

 easily cured than any other variety. White Stem, Bull-face, Scruggs, Gray Pryor, and Frederick are also grown 

 for shipping. 



HALIFAX. For fancy wrappers and smokers Yellow Orinoco, Gooch, Gold-Leaf, and White Stem are grown. 

 Little Orinoco is best for plug fillers ; Medley Pryor, Big Orinoco, and White Stem for export. 



MECKLENBURG. This county produces Orinoco, Pryor, and Gooch. 



BRUNSWICK. Orinoco, Blue Pryor, Long Green, and White Stem are preferred. Most of the tobacco grown in 

 this county is for export. 



GREENSVILLE. Orinoco is generally preferred. Cotton and peanuts are taking the place of tobacco in this 

 county, very little of the latter being now cultivated. 



PIEDMONT DIVISION. 



ALBEMARLE. Orinoco and Pryor are preferred for new grounds and the lighter soils, upon which they produce 

 fine grades of light-colored tobacco. White Stem is generally planted. 



GREENE. Orinoco, Green, Frederick (elsewhere known as Bull-face), Pryor, and Long Green are all planted. 



AMHERST. Pryor, Orinoco, White Stem, and Bull-face are grown. 



BEDFORD. Broad Orinoco and Little or Narrow Orinoco are the varieties produced. 



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