CONTENTS. 



Tobacco 

 Tobacco soils ... 



Influence of climatt' on tobacco 

 The tobacco plant ... 

 Varieties 



Classitication oi tobaccos 

 Characteristics of a good tobacco ... 

 The tobaccos called for by difi'erent countries 

 The seed bed 



Preparation of the land, and planting- 

 Cultivation 

 Topping- 

 Priming- 

 Suckering 

 Eipening 

 Harvesting ... 

 Transportation from the lieLl 

 The growth and selection of tobacco seeil 

 Insect pests of tobacco 



Cut -worms 



Hcirn caterpiillars 



Bud caterjiillars 



Leaf miner or " split worm "... 



Tobacco ilea beetle 



A beetle injurious to stored tobacco ... 



Other tobacco insects ... 

 Diseases of tobacco ... 



Mosaic disease ... 



Frog- eye or leaf spot ... 



Rust or blight ... 



Diseases of tobacco -n-hile curing- 

 Pole burn, pole s-\veat, or house burn 



Stem rot ... 



"White veins 



Moulds and rots in cured tobacco 



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