TURKISH TOBACCO, 401 
the height of eight feet, bearing leaves about two feet in 
length by one foot in width, is an erect, strong, growing 
tobacco with a small, hard stalk and stout, long roots. The 
plant, when. growing, imparts a strong aromatic odor not 
unlike Havana tobacco, but is larger every way, and of inferior 
flavor for cigars. By repeated trials its superiority has been 
demonstrated to a certainty, while the profit arising from its 
culture proves it worthy of attention from all cultivators of 
tobacco. 
When cured the leaf is very fine and light of color, the 
stem and veins of the leaf are small, thus fitting it for a good 
wrapper as well as filler. If the tobacco growers in the 
Connecticut valley can succeed in raising this variety, they 
will produce a leaf tobacco much superior to the common 
variety known as seed leaf. Beyond all question a much 
finer flavored tobacco than Connecticut seed leaf can be 
grown, and still retain all of the excellencies of the latter, 
such as color, texture, and size of leaf. 
TURKISH TOBACCO. 
The tobacco of Turkey has been called by some enthusiastic 
smoker “the king of tobaccos,” but whether it possesses this 
royal preéminence over all other varieties must be decided 
by other than ourselves. That it is a fine smoking tobacco, 
no one can doubt that ever “put breath” to the favored pipe 
that contains the yellow shreds, but we should prefer by far 
to part with it rather than with its great rival, Havana 
tobacco. 
The plant is not as large as many varieties, but grows up 
strong and flourishes well on account of the care and attention 
given it by the Turk and his family, as it is in all respects a 
family plant, and the flower garden is generally the tobacco 
field. Turkey tobacco ranges in color from brown to light 
yellow, the latter being the most in demand. This variety 
is similar in flavor to Latakia and Shiraz, and these three 
tobaccos, Persian, Syrian, and Turkish, are considered the finest 
and best adapted of all tobaccos for the pipe. The work of 
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