22 



Plot E. Section 3. Vuelta Abajo, Cuban. 



This is a low growing tobacco averaging about 41-2 feet and 

 topping at 3 to 3 1-2 feet. 210 plants yielded 1,500 leaves. 

 100 leaves, less than 12 inches long, weighed 1 lb. 10 oz. 



a (( ^ <i j a 



5 " 11 1 



8 "11 " 



9 " 10 " 

 7 " 11 " 



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4 9 

 2 " 8 " 



210 



u 



12 " 



240 





13 " 



303 



a 



I 4 " 



297 



u 



15 " 



200 



a 



16 " 



IOO 



a 



17 " 



50 



a 



18 " 



Total.... 44 " 13 " 

 The average per plant was 7.2 leaves, weighing green 3.4 

 ounces. This tobacco would stand planting 12 inches apart, in 

 rows 3 feet apart or at the rate of 14,500 plants per acre. The 

 estimated yield per acre is 3,080 pounds of green leaf or 616 

 pounds finished tobacco. 



Plot E. Section 1. Connecticut Broad Leaf. 



This tobacco grows 4 to 6 feet tall and tops on an average at 

 3 feet 8 inches. Some of the leaves were 37 inches long by 16 

 wide. 149 plants bore 2,257 leaves as follows: 



294 leaves, 15 to 18 inches long, weighed 8 lbs. 2 oz. 



407 

 523 



367 

 280 



21 



360 



18 

 21 

 24 

 27 



21 

 24 

 27 

 30 



waste and over-ripe 



34 

 32 

 33 

 3 



18 



8 

 1 

 o 



Total. . . .149 " 9 " 



The average per plant was 15.1 leaves, weighing 1 pound. 

 This tobacco is planted 18 inches apart, in rows 42 inches apart. 

 It should have been spaced wider, at least 30 inches in the row 

 and 48 inches between rows. Our yield was at the rate of 7,820 

 pounds of green leaf or 1,560 pounds of finished tobacco. Con- 

 necticut Broad Leaf is difficult to cure because of the extraor- 

 dinary thickness of the midrib and lateral veins. None of the 

 other varieties of tobacco grown were weighed or measured. 



Connecticut Seed Leaf cured lighter than any of the other 

 tobaccos and gave a thin, light leaf, fit for wrapper. 



In the curing shed, this molded very badly. White Burley 

 would not cure or even dry without molding. It will require 

 a high heat to cure. It is a pipe tobacco and is also, to some 

 extent, used as a filler in cheap, domestic cigars. 



Japa\n Tobacco is about the same as the Broad Leaf, a wide 



