THE DARK-FIRED TYPE OF TOBACCO. 4l 
The region of country in which the olive-green or black stemming 
type of tobacco is grown has been separately outlined on the map 
(Pl. I), as it is really a type quite distinct, although it has been in- 
cluded in Table V of 23 counties, covering the entire production of 
open-fire cured tobacco in the State, and in Table VI, showing how 
the type is distributed in use. 
Olive-green tobacco is produced mostly from seed of the One- 
Sucker type, and it is a long, rich, heavy-bodied but rather coarse 
tobacco. Although cured by open fires, the method of curing is 
considerably modified as compared with other open-fire cured types, 
and the tobacco is cured up at once without yellowing, if possible, to 
a uniform olive green. Tight barns, high heat from the outset, and 
sappy tobacco are the main features in obtaining a good cure. So 
high and sustained is the heat that the cure is completed usually in 
36 to 48 hours. The difficulty is in getting the color uniform and 
solid, which when successful varies in shade from olive green to very 
dark brown and black. 
England has been practically the sole purchaser of this type of 
tobacco, and until recently it was mostly stemmed before shipment. 
A strong odor of smoke is also desired and, because of this, much of 
this type after purchase from farmers is rehung on sticks and placed 
In special barns and heavily smoked by open fires with hardwood for 
a period of a week or more to give a strong creosotic flavor. A. 
considerable portion of this type is bought and handled at Amelia, 
Va., where it is bought direct from the wagon at private sale. 
DaARK-FrIRED TosBacco IN KENTUCKY AND TENNESSEE. 
Originally introduced from Virginia, the quantity of dark-fired 
tobacco grown in Kentucky and Tennessee now amounts to fully 
three times the Virginia production, and to distinguish it from “ Vir- 
ginia dark’’ it is generally spoken of as “‘western”’ tobacco. 
Three subdivisions of this western dark-fired section are well 
recognized: (1) The Clarksville and Hopkinsville district, (2) the 
Paducah or Western district, and (3) the Henderson or Stemming 
district. 
THE CLARKSVILLE AND HOPKINSVILLE DISTRICT. 
In recent years the production of the Clarksville and Hopkinsville 
district has averaged about 70,000,000 pounds annually, about 
40,000,000 pounds being produced on the Kentucky side and 
30,000,000 on the Tennessee side. ‘This district has the reputation of 
producing a somewhat better grade of leaf on the whole than either 
of the other western dark districts, which generally outsells the others 
by as much as a cent or more a pound for the average of the entire 
crop. The portion of this district tributary to the Clarksville, Tenn.., 
market produces some of the finer grades, suitable for plug wrappers 
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