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Tobacco Growing in Ireland. 



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3. A reliable market and a fair profit must be assured. 



These are the points which the experimental growers are 

 trying to ascertain under the guidance of the Department of 

 Agriculture. 



As regards the first point, the following table shows the 

 present stage of the experiments : 



Classes and Types of Tobacco Recommended for Further Trial. 



Class. 



Type. 



Remarks. 





Roll and Plug 



Virginia Pryors 



In greatest demand. The most 

 easily grown and sold. 



2. 



Brown Roll Wrapper... 



Kentucky Burleys 



A limited demand. Requires 

 more care to produce the 

 standard quality. 



3- 



Bright Cutter ... 



do. 



do. 



4- 



Cigarette 



Turkish (varieties) ... 

 Virginia Pryors 

 Kentucky Burleys 



Large demand. Very tedious 

 to produce. Requires a stan- 

 dard of quality very difficult 

 to produce in Ireland. 



Large demand. Adapted to 

 light soils and dry climates ; 

 therefore very difficult to 

 produce in Ireland. 



Market undeveloped. A new 

 tobacco peculiarly suited to 

 Irish conditions. 



5- 



Cigar Wrapper 



Sumatra 



Limited demand in United 

 Kingdom Most expensive 

 to produce, requiring great 

 care and skill. Standard of 

 quality very high, but in 

 many respects is adapted to 

 Irish conditions. 



In each case either the class or type offers certain advan- 

 tages which render it inadvisable to discard it until the rela- 

 tive cost of production and market value have been more 

 definitely determined by methods of culture best suited to the 

 new environment. 



Considerable progress has already been made in lowering 

 the cost of production. Sufficient quantities of Classes 1, 2, 

 and 3 have been sold to test their market value fairly, but the 

 quantities of Classes 4 and 5 have been too small for this pur- 

 pose, though some idea of their value has been obtained. 



The following is the estimated average cost of production 



