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The average per plant was 19.3 leaves, weighing 11.5 oz. and 

 the estimated yield per acre containing 9,680 plants was 6,332 

 lbs., green leaf, which would make 1,260 lbs. finished tobacco. 



One plant on "Plot A." bore leaves 26 inches long by 15 inches 

 wide and yielded 30 ounces of green leaf. Seed was saved from it. 



The average weight of the stalk, after harvesting the leaves, is 

 about 10 ounces. Sumatra tobacco averages 8 to 9 feet in height 

 and tops at about 7 feet. 



Plot B. Sumatra. 



This tobacco was not cut until over-ripe, because of insuffi- 

 cient provision for handling the ciop. Many of the lower leaves 

 had dropped off. 1,024 plants yielded 13,228 leaves, weighing 

 413 lbs. 7 ounces green, the average per plant being 13 leaves, 

 weighing 65 ounces. The average loss, through delay in har- 

 vesting, amounted to 3 lbs. 6 oz. per plant. 



Plot C. Sumatra, 



1,079 plants yielded 18,044 leaves, only a portion of which 

 were weighed or measured as the crop was far past its prime. 



Plot D. Section 3. Florida Cuban — 492 plants. 



This tobacco grows 5 to 7 feet in height and tops at 4 1-2 to 

 51-2 feet. 4,025 leaves were harvested as follows : 



525 leaves, less than 12 inches long, weighed 9 lbs. 11 oz. 



400 " 



it 



12 " 



" 9 " 



13 



563 " 



C( 



13 " 





1 



563 " 





14 " 



20 " 



9 



526 " 



< i 



15 " 



22 " 



5 



505 " 



a 



16 " 



" 24 " 



12 



369 " 



a 



17 " 



21 " 



1 



300 " 





18 " 



19 " 



3 



200 " 



a 



19 " 



14 " 



7 



IOO " 



cc 



20 



8 " 



5 





a 



21 " 



4 " 



4 









Total.... 169 " 



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Each plant yielded on an average 10.6 leaves, weighing green, 

 6.8 ounces. Florida Cuban tobacco will stand planting 15 inches 

 apart, in rows 3 feet apart or at the rate of 11,500 plants to the 

 acre. The estimated yield per acre on the basis of the yield 

 obtained is 4,870 lbs. green leaf or 970 lbs. finished tobacco. 



