Jul. 96, Bureau of Plant Industry, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture 



Plate VI. 



Fig. 1.— Four Tobacco Plants of the Same Age, Showing Variation in Time 



of Maturity. 



Fig. 2.— Two Rows of Connecticut Broadleaf Tobacco, Showing the Possi- 

 bility of the Production of Early Strains. Row on Right Raised from 

 the Seed of an Early Plant, and Row on Left from Seed of a Plant 

 Maturing at the Usual Time. 



