THE CULTURE OE TOTArcO. 7 



Tobacco is very susceptible to changes of locality. If a dozen 

 difleient Taiieties be secured from different portions of the earth, 

 and all planted under the same conditions, they all will have a 

 tendency to become alike and to adapt themselves to the new 

 locality. This does not mean, hnwever, that any seed so long as it 

 is tobacco ^Yill do to plant, for this adaptation requires years. It is 

 far better to select varieties that will necessitate Ijut little change 

 to become estalilished. 



TEOM "TOUACXO LEAF, ITS Cl'LXrKE. CVILE AXI> MANl'lAL TUKE. 

 OEAX&E .lEDIi COMPAXY. XEW YORK. 



In some instances the tobacco will retain most of its finer 

 chiii-acteiistics for Ijut a few years. In this ease it is advisable tcp 

 frequently impoit fre.sh seed from the place where it reaches its 

 highest excellence. TVTieie Cuban tobacco is grown in the United 

 States fi'esh seed is i-egularly imjoorted from the Vuelta Aljajo. The 

 imported seed is not used directly for the planting of the main 

 crop, Ijut is sown for the productiijn of a seed croj^ from which the 

 main '-rop of the following year is grown. If jjp'iduced year after 

 Year fr^im local-grown seed the Cuban plant will tend to lose its 

 iline aroma and become like the >eed-leaf vaiicties. 



