176 niE CULTURE OF TOBACCO. 



PEKCENTAh'K oj-' NU'OTIXE IN THK PRINCIPAL YaRJETIKS OF 



American ToBAcro. 



In llif fuUuwiiig talile ;ire g'ivni iln^ results of doterminatinns of nicotine 

 on samples uf tlie principal vaiif^tips of American tultaocus. In eaeh case the 

 aii'-dried leaves (inelurlina- thr ini<lrib) were Unely ground, ;ni(l a r;ir('ful 

 average .sample taken. Tlio nirotiiit^ was determined on tlie air-dried sample 

 by the method of Sr-liloesiiLg, aiid thi^ pf^'centage of moisture in a separate 

 portion by drying at 100' ( '. The results are stated in percentages on the 



samph' di'ied at 100' ('. :-- 



Perceiitaj^re 

 I if Nicotine. 



Virg'illia (heavily inaiiurerl lilts) .,, ... ... ... ... ... 5"Hl 



Mexican Baler (heavilj' mauured lots) , , 5'60 



Ctarksville, Tennessee (heavily manured lots) 5"29 



Virginia (French Regie) -i'Sl 



Virginia (heavy English shipping-) J)'72 



North Carolina Yellow (•'^50) ... 4*58 



German Saucer (Eeutncky) ... ... . , ... -I'SS 



Perique, cured in its juices (stripped from midrih) . ... ... 4.-32 



German low grade (Virginia) i"30 



Perique, air cured (stripped from midrih) . . ... ... ... 1'25 



West Tennessee Stemmer .. 4i-23 



German (dark) -1.-14 



New York (Wilson's hylirid) 4'1-i 



Connecticut Seed Leaf (New M:ihord) 4."06 



French Regie, A 3-90 



PennsyUania Seed Leaf 3"88 



Wisconsin Havana Seed ... 3"82 



Connecticut Seed-Leaf (Hartford) 3'49 



Pennsylvania Seed-Leaf (Lancaster county) 3 "47 



Virginia sun cured, for plug 3'27 



Pericjne air-cured (whole leaf ) 3*25 



North Cartilina Yellow (.S65) 3-15. 



Mason county, cutting or plup; 3'12 



Ballard county, Kentucky, bright wrapper 2'92 



Owen county, Kentucky, plug fillers ... 2"S(> 



North Carolina, 1 iright wrapper 2'69 



Hart county, Kentucky, liriglit wrapper ... ... ,., 2'5-i 



New York domestic Hii\ana. . . 2"53 



Florida Seed-Leaf 2'38 



New York State Seed-Leaf 2"35 



Connecticut Hn vana Seed . ... 2 "21 



Owen county, Kentiu^ky, cutting leaf ... ... ... ... ... 2'19 



Ohio Seed Leaf 1-93 



Sweet-scented Wisciaisiu and llliiinis 1-33 



Connecticut Secd-Lcnf 1-14, 



F^ennsyh-nnia Seed-Leaf ... 1-02 



Wisi-dij^iij itnrl Illinois Seed-Leaf ... ... ... ... ... ()*Si3 



Little Dutch (Miami valley) (f(;3 



