JAMES RIVER TOBACCO. 389 
the Dan and James rivers and their tributaries. The leaf 
grown in the higher counties of South-western Virginia is 
much lighter in color and much softer than the ordinary 
Virginia tobacco. Shades of color in Virginia tobacco (as 
well as in most others) serve to determine its use, while text- 
ure and length of leaf affect as well its market value. There 
are various grades of Virginia tobacco, especially in that 
grown in Southside, Virginia. “Long bright leaf” is con- 
sidered the finest, while that known as “ Luga” is the poorest 
and lowest grade of leaf. 
The staple known as James River tobacco has acquired a 
world-wide reputation, and the same ground is cultivated 
and planted with tobacco now as in 1620. Virginia tobacco 
is known chiefly as a cut tobacco ; “ good, stout snuff leaf” is 
also obtained from it, which brings as much in European 
markets as “fine spinners.” Missouri, Kentucky, and some 
parts of Ohio also produce large quantities for manufacturing 
into chewing and smoking tobacco. 
OHIO TOBACCO. 
The tobacco plant has been cultivated in this State for 
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OHIO WHITE TOBACCO. 
nearly fifty years. Sullivan, in describing the kinds used 
for cutting, says:— 
