METHOD OF CULTURE. 351 
Germans are among the most thorough cultivators of the 
plant in Europe, and every operation in the field is done at 
the proper time and in the right manner. After it is cured 
they prepare it nicely in rolls and carots, the latter for man- 
ufacturing into snuff. The tobacco fields are faithfully 
tended, and the utmost pains taken to secure large, well- 
formed leaves. The fields present a much more even appear- 
ance than similar fields in France, where the tobacco grown 
is small and uneven. The South German growers of tobacco 
are without doubt the most successful tobacco-growers in 
Europe, not excepting the Hollanders, who raise an excellent 
tobacco for snuff. The time of gathering. the leaves is the 
occasion of quite a merry-making among the growers and 
villagers, and is considered an event of considerable import- 
ance. Fairholt says :— 
“The time of harvesting the leaves is an interesting period 
for a stranger to visit the villages, which put on a new aspect 
as every house and barn is hung all over with the drying 
leaves.” 
German tobacco cures well, and some of the finer sorts 
make excellent cigar wrappers and are much esteemed 
GERMAN TOBACCO FIELD. 
throughout Europe. The following account of the cultiva- 
tion and production of tobacco in the different German 
