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EXPERIMENTS WITH TOBACCO. 
Table No. 2—Tobacco on Unmanured Land. 
Number. 
Name of Variety. 
No. of Plants Ex¬ 
perimented With. 
Weight in fbs.— 
Green. 
Weight in lbs.— 
Cured. 
Estimated Yield 
per Acre in lbs— 
Green. 
Estimated Yield 
per Acre in lbs— 
Cured. 
Average Weight 
of Plants. 
1 
Improved Havanna. 
20 
28 
6K 
3,388 
726 
1.36 
2 
Golden Leaf. 
14 
30 
6^2 
5,220 
1.044 
2.32 
3 
Isabella. 
22 
30 
5M 
3,300 
660 
1.48 
4 
Fiji Orinoco. 
13 
37 
7^ 
6,882 
1,302 
2.82 
5 
Fiji Golden Leaf. 
6 
16 
3^ 
6,448 
1,209 
2.66 
6 
White Burlev. 
5 
18 
5M 
8,712 
1,936 
3.06 
7 
Sagua Le Grande. 
10 
28 
6 
6,776 
1,452 
2.80 
8 
Vuelta Abajo. 
17 
34 
7 ^ 
4,828 
994 
2.00 
9 
Caboni. 
17 
44 
12 
6,248 
1,704 
3.17 
10 
Missouri Broad Leaf. 
10 
47 
11 
11,374 
6,248 
4.70 
11 
Connecticut Seed Leaf. 
8 
32 
9 % 
9,664 
2,718 
4.06 
12 
Big Orinoco. 
15 
36 
3% 
5,796 
644 
2.40 
13 
Elkerson’s Yellow. 
24 
66 
mi 
6,666 
1.313 
2.75 
14 
One-Sucker Virginia. 
8 
22 
5^ 
6,644 
1,510 
2.75 
15 
Y ara. 
12 
20 
6% 
4,040 
1,212 
1.66 
16 
Cienfuegos .. 
4 
16 
4 
9,680 
2,420 
4.00 
17 
Flanagan. 
13 
20 
834 
3,720 
1,488 
2.20 
The varieties in the above tables were planted about 
equally on land that had been well manured for two seasons 
and on land that had never previous to this season been in 
crop, but which, from the gardener’s standpoint, would be 
considered poor land. 
The tables emphasize in a marked manner the superior¬ 
ity of a few kinds, whether on manured or unmanured land, 
for general cultivation. The yield of both green and cured 
leaf is very much larger than is claimed for the older tobacco 
growing regions. In fact, the yield may be said to be phe¬ 
nomenal for the method of planting—rows six feet and plants 
three feet apart. 
In regard to high winds, we would say that the only 
varieties affected in the least were the Improved Havanna and 
Caboni. The latter is a large variety that yields heavily, but 
not suited to this climate, because too tall, and it carries its 
leaves too far apart on the stem. It would be advisable, 
however, we believe, to plant a few pole beans, or some other 
quick-growing plants, if one had a very exposed situation and 
were growing the Improved Havanna or other thin-leaved 
kinds. 
