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seeded. It would thus tend to help the immediately succeeding crops, 

 particularly the grass, and would be largely out of the way, so far 

 as its direct effect is concerned, by the time the field is again planted 

 to tobacco. On tobacco lots, lime should not be used ordinarily 

 oftener than once in about four years and at a rate not to exceed one- 

 half ton of quicklime or its equivalent per acre. 



VARIETIES OF FLUE-CURED TOBACCO. 



A great array of so-called tobacco varieties might be listed, but 

 man}r, of them would represent but little, if any, real variation in 

 type. There is, however, one broad differentiation among the many 

 so-called varieties, based on shape and size of leaf, which can be 

 readily observed. Thus we have the broadleaf types, represented 

 by such standard sorts as Warne, Yellow- Oronoco, White-Stem 

 Oronoco, Big Oronoco, Adcock, Adkin, Willow-Leaf, Gooch, Tilley, 

 and Hester, and the narrow-leaf sorts, as Narrow-Leaf (little) Oro- 

 noco and Flanagan. 



Throughout the New Belt and on the lighter soils of the Old Belt 

 section the broadleaf types are generally preferred, as they are 

 better adapted to the production of smokers, cutters, and wrappers. 

 On the stronger soils of the western part of the Old Belt section, 

 particularly westward from Rockingham County, N. C., and Henry 

 County, Va., the narrow-leaf sorts are general favorites. These nar- 

 row-leaf varieties will make good, rich filler on suitable land, and by 

 somewhat closer planting on improved land a large yield per acre 

 can be grown without the individual leaves becoming overgrown and 

 coarse. Flanagan and some of its subtypes, particularly the Im- 

 proved Flanagan, are rather large-leaf types, about midway between 

 the narrow-leaf and the broadleaf sorts, and are well adapted to 

 quite rich land. The variety known as Short-Stalk Flanagan closely 

 resembles the Narrow-Leaf Oronoco. The Flanagan types are per- 

 haps the most vigorous growers and heaviest yielders of any of the 

 flue-cured varieties, but they are a trifle later in maturing than the 

 others. 



On the fine, bright soils the broader leaf types are generally most 

 popular. The Warne, a standard wrapper type, is perhaps the most 

 popular of any. The White-Stem Oronoco, Willow-Leaf, and Gooch 

 are favorites in certain parts of the New Belt section. The Adcock 

 is a great favorite in the noted wrapper-producing section in the 

 southern part of Granville County, N. C. The Adkin is also a popu- 

 lar broadleaf sort in certain sections of the Old Belt and has the 

 merit of being some days earlier in maturing than most of the other 

 standard sorts, but this earliness is probably somewhat at the sacrifice 

 of yield. 



