EXPERIMENTS WITH TOBACCO. 
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The ideal varieties of tobacco for this region are the 
Burley, General Grant, Connecticut Seed Leaf and Missouri 
Broad Leaf—all of which are of close, compact habit, with 
leaves close together on the stem ; they are really self-pro¬ 
tecting. 
The following letter from a well-known Denver cigar 
manufacturer speaks for itself. There is no market, ap¬ 
parently, in Colorado, for the shipping or cheaper grades 
of tobacco, as yet. Messrs. Thies & Gonzales are, how¬ 
ever, willing to purchase Colorado grown Havanna seed- 
leaf at current market rates : 
Office of Fritz Thies, 
Manufacturer of Cigars, 
Denver, Colo., January 27, 1888. 
Mr. James Cassidy , Fort Collins , Colo. : 
Dear Sir :—The Havanna seed-leaf samples left 
with me have been thoroughly examined and put to the 
usual test. The cigars made from the leaf prove to be 
superior to anything grown in those districts which are 
supposed to yield our finest native-grown Havanna seed- 
leaf. Other tobacco experts who have tested the cigars 
made from your samples, say the flavor of the cigars 
will compare very favorably with the Havanna-grown 
leaf. I have no doubt but a large demand exists at the 
present time in Colorado for tobacco of this class. The 
market will by no means be confined to our home de¬ 
mand. You have sent me other samples of leaf, grown 
from Eastern seed. Same, however, do not possess the 
good quality that the Havanna seed-leaf contains. 
Respectfully, yours, 
Fritz Thies. 
CONCLUSIONS. 
As the result of experiments with this plant for the 
past two years, we have reached the following conclu¬ 
sions : 
1. That tobacco of any variety may be grown and 
matured at this altitude by September 1st. 
2. That the best quality of cigar tobacco is that 
grown on our upland sandy loams. 
