212 Upon the Cultivation of Tobacco, for Garden purposes, 



earliness, or lateness of the season, &c. ; when these combine to the 

 advantage of the plants, they are able to perfect proportionally 

 more leaves. By a timely and careful attention to such circum- 

 stances, and by pinching off the lateral shoots, the climate of England 

 or that of Ireland, is in every respect sufficient to the full perfec- 

 tion of Tobacco. Four months are not fully required to bring it 

 to maturity. 



In the case of large plantations being made, shading would be 

 attended with considerable expense : it is not, however, of absolute 

 necessity ; for when Tobacco plants are pricked out sometime 

 previous to planting, they make good roots, which are of greater 

 benefit to them after they are planted, than shading is ; the latter, 

 however, is practised in England and in Ireland, and is certainly 

 useful ; but it is by no means an essentially necessary part of the 

 management of Tobacco : the leaves flag under a hot sun ; but, if 

 the ground is moist, quickly recover. When the danger of late 

 frosts is over, it would seem best to commence planting ; if, how- 

 ever, from apprehensions of any description, the Tobacco is not got 

 out till the latter end of May, (and it need never be so late,) even at 

 that time there could be no danger of its ripening. Planting in 

 Ireland, is continued considerably later than this. 



The mode of curing now described, or one very similar to it, 

 would seem to remedy the defects complained of in Ireland : — 

 namely, the great waste of the article by repeated fermentations ; 

 to this mode no such objection can be found, and if adopted in 

 Ireland, it would be incomparably less labour and expense, than the 

 present mode of management in that country. 



The Irish planter would, however, require a firing house, in 

 addition to the barn, or shed, spoken of by Mr. Brodigan ; it could 

 be of any dimensions : a short wide firing house, would be best 

 adapted for the purpose, with a flue running along the centre ; a 

 very small house would cure an amazing quantity of plants, for 



