THE CULTURE OF FLUE-CURED TOBACCO. IY 
The distance between the leaves on the stalks is somewhat greater 
on these broadleaf types than on the narrow-leaf sorts, the spacing 
being particularly wide in the case of the Adcock. It should be 
noted, perhaps, that any of these varieties will have the leaves more 
closely or wider spaced according to the nature of the soil, especially 
in respect to moisture conditions. With an abundance of moisture 
the spaces between 
the leaves will be 
wider, and under 
droughty conditions 
the leaves will be 
crowded much more 
closely together. 
This is a general 
principle in respect 
to all vegetation. 
SELECTION AND CARE 
OF SEED PLANTS. 
In selecting seed 
plants, close atten- 
tion should be given 
to all the points that 
go to make up the 
ideal plant, accord- 
ing to the standard 
which the grower 
should have clearly 
inmind. The largest 
plants in the richest 
part of the field are 
not necessarily the 
best for seed pur- 
poses. 
Pre strains of Fic. 2.—A seed head of tobacco covered with a paper bag 
seed can be saved to prevent mixing. 
with certainty only by covering the seed head during the blossom- 
ing period so as to prevent mixing or crossing with inferior plants 
or suckers by the passing of insects from flower to flower on differ- 
ent plants. For this purpose an ordinary light-weight but strong 
paper bag of about the 12-pound size, such as can be obtained at 
any grocery store, is most practical. A day or two before the first 
flowers open the bag should be tied about the head (fig. 2), which 
first has been trimmed to a “ crow-foot.” The bag should be loosened 
and raised up every few days, as the seed head grows, and the 
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