390 OHIO TOBACCO. 
“Two kinds ot seed are used, viz., the ‘Thick Set? and 
the ‘Pear Tree,’ and of late years the ‘Burley’ has come 
into favor. Nearly all tobacco grown in Ohio is ‘fired, that 
is, cured by fires or flues; it is packed in hogsheads of about 
eight hundred pounds net.” 
Another writer says :— 
“In some parts her soil produces a fine yellow article 
ealled ‘Northern Ohio; it is manufactured into the finest 
quality of smoking tobacco, and is extensively used by all 
epicures of the meerschaum, both in this country and in 
Barone Ohio also produces another variety called Ohio seed 
leaf, or more familiarly, ‘Seed.’ ” 
While in another section she produces an excellent article 
of leaf for chewing. Ohio tobacco of all kinds is a large 
plant, and cures “down” to fine colors. One variety for 
cutting, known as “cinnamon blotch,” is a leaf of good body 
and is considered an excellent tobacco for chewing. A tew 
years since a variety originated in a very curious manner. 
We give the account as published by Prof. E. W. Smith :— 
“This tobacco is known by the name of White tobacco. 
The seed was procured about three years ago, in a very sin- 
gular way. There were a few hills of tobacco that looked 
very singular, situated near a thicket of bushes and trees. 
The rising morning sun sent its rays through this thicket, 
striking diagonally upon a few hills, and producing by some 
chemical law or daguerreotyping process the (white) tobacco. 
The tobacco was allowed to go to seed. This seed was sown 
the next year, and produced the same kind of tobacco. The 
tobacco, before the white tobacco was daguerreotyped, was a 
cinnamon blotch, so it may be seen by this freak of nature 
how it was changed from red to white.” 
PERIQUE TOBACCO. 
There are many varieties of tobacco well adapted for 
emoking, of all colors and strengths. Of American tobaccos 
suitable for this purpose, none have acquired a wider reputa- 
tion at home than Perique. It is cultivated only in small 
quantities in one or two parishes in Louisiana. Perique 
tobacco may be used not only for smoking, but for chewing 
and for snuff. The leaf when cured measures some eighteen 
