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early in August, but wet weather had forced their growth and the 

 product was poor in quality. The varieties from Virginia, North 

 Carolina, and Connecticut did not ripen until September. A number 

 of cigar varieties were grown in 1894:. x Of these, Corns tock Spanish 

 produced a large, bright, thin leaf of good cinnamon color and large 

 enough for wrappers, and Connecticut Seed-leaf a line leaf somewhat 

 lighter in color and smaller in size. Havana Seed-leaf and Havana 

 produced tillers and binders. The leaf produced by Brazil Golddeaf 

 was thin and silky and brighter in color than the leaves produced by 

 any of the other varieties grown. All these varieties had a decided 

 cigar flavor with the exception of Brazil Gold-leaf. 



From 1891 to 1893. inclusive, the Maryland Station 2 made a com- 

 parison of improved and introduced varieties of tobacco and the com- 

 mon or native sorts grown within the State. The following varieties 

 were grown: Bonanza, Boyer or Tall Pear Tree, Bradley Broad-leaf , 

 Broad-leaf Thick-set. Bullion, Climax, Connecticut Seed-leaf, Con- 

 queror, Gold-finder, Havana, Hester, Hybrid Havana, Hyco, Lancaster 

 County Seed-leaf, Long-leaf Gooch, Long Red, Narrow-leaf Thick- 

 set, Oronoko White Stem, Pennsylvania Seed-leaf, Persian, Red 

 Burley, Saffrano, Thesis, Tilley, Tuckahoe, White Burley, Yellow 

 Oronoko, Yellow Pryor, and Zimmers Spanish. The best results were 

 obtained from the varieties ordinarily grown in Maryland and from 

 seed produced within the State. 



Experiments carried on at the Colorado Station 3 in 1889 led to the 

 conclusion that nothing but Havana Seed-leaf should be grown in that 

 region. Tobacco from seed grown at the station was found to be 

 much inferior to that grown from imported seed. Since that time no 

 further work on tobacco has been reported b} r the station. 



Among the earliest and best yielding varieties tested at the Central 

 Experimental Farm at Ottawa, Canada, 4 were White Burley, Connec- 

 ticut Seed-leaf, Pennsylvania Seed-leaf, Yellow Prior, Climax, Yellow 

 Mammoth, Yellow Oronoko, Saffrano, Brazilian, and Canadian. In 1896 

 White Burley had matured, when a frost in September greatly injured 

 later sorts. Connecticut Seeddeaf and White Burley are reported as 

 being extensively grown in the Province of Quebec and in western 

 Ontario. 



In connection with a chemical study of the tobacco plant by the 

 Virginia Experiment Station 5 in 1892, it was found that Bradley Broad 

 Leaf and Yellow Oronoco contained a larger proportion of leaf than 

 Gold Finder or White Burley. In these varieties the leaves comprised 

 59.77 and 60 per cent, respectively, of the total weight of the plant. 



1 Alabama State Station Bui. No. 64. 

 - Maryland Station Bui. No. 26. 



3 Colorado Station Bui. No. 10. 



4 Canada Cent. Expt. Farm Bui. No. 30. 



5 Virginia Station Bui. No. 14. 



