14 VARIETIES OF TOBACCO SEED DISTRIBUTED IN 1905-6. 



Little Dutch. — Used for cigar fillers, making a cigar with an aroma 

 resembling the Yara tobacco grown in eastern Cuba. Adapted to 

 clay loam soils. The seed was introduced in this country from Ger- 

 many. The leaves are small and narrow and the plants have a short 

 habit of growth, producing a light yield. This tobacco requires care- 

 ful curing and fermentation. 



Grown in Ohio and to a limited extent in Pennsylvania. 



PIPE TOBACCOS. 



North Carolina Bright Yellow. — Used for manufacturing plug and 

 smoking tobaccos, cigarettes, and for export purposes. This variety 

 is adapted to sandy soils, underlaid by a red or yellow clay subsoil. 

 The deeper the sand the brighter the tobacco produced, and the nearer 

 the surface the subsoil comes the more inclined the tobacco is to darken 

 in color. The leaves are light and spongy, of rather thick texture, set 

 close together on the stem, with an erect habit of growth, but droop- 

 ing at the ends, the tops often touching the ground. This variety is a 

 modified type of the native Maryland and Virginia tobaccos. 



Grown i.i North Carolina, Maryland, Virginia, and South Carolina. 



Maryland Smoking. — Used for manufacturing and export purposes. 

 Adapted to clay loam and sandy soil. The leaves are thick and coarse 

 in texture, but are light and chaffy when. cured. They have a semi- 

 erect habit of growth, drooping at the tips, varying in length from 

 20 to 36 inches and in width from 10 to 26 inches. The plants bear 

 from 10 to 18 leaves and reach an average height of about 4 feet. This 

 variety was discovered in Maryland when the first settlers explored 

 that region. It is mostly exported to France, German3 r , and Holland. 



Grown in Maryland, Virginia, and Pennsylvania. From the Mar}^- 

 land tobacco many of the important native varieties have been devel- 

 oped by growing in different tobacco-growing sections and by con- 

 tinued selection of seed for a particular type of tobacco. 



PLUG TOBACCOS. 



White Burley. — Used for plug fillers and wrappers for smoking and 

 for the manufacture of cigarettes. Adapted to well-drained, deep-red 

 clay-loam soil. In Kentucky such soils are fairly rich in lime and 

 produce good crops of corn, wheat, hemp, and grass, but they deteri- 

 orate rapidly unless the fertility is maintained by the use of fertilizers 

 and proper methods of cultivation. The leaves are long and broad 

 and have a white appearance in the field. They have a horizontal 

 habit of growth, the tips hanging down and often touching the 

 ground. They yslyj in length from 28 to 36 inches and in width from 

 16 to 24 inches. The plants bear from 10 to 18 leaves and reach an 



