INTRODUCTION. 
The question of raising tobacco in Colorado was first 
discussed in a conversation between the Director and the 
late Horticulturist and Botanist of the Agricultural Col¬ 
lege—James Cassidy—some time during the year 1883, 
and, in the following year, a few plants were raised, but 
were not properly ripened or cured. The experience of 
that year was so encouraging that each year following 
some tobacco was raised. Leaf tobacco was raised that 
was pronounced by experts to be excellent, and samples, 
which were sent to various places to be examined, bore 
out the previous testimony as to its good quality. 
Tobacco was not grown in quantity until 1888 and 
1889, after the organization of the Experiment Station, 
under an act of Congress. The results of the two years 
work are recorded briefly in this bulletin. The chemical 
analysis of the several varieties raised is also tabulated 
for comparison and reference, and shows a quality that is 
good from the chemical standpoint. Cigars have been 
made from the crop of 1888, which have been tested by 
many persons. One box was manufactured and presented 
to the Denver Manufacturers’ Exchange, for use at their 
annual banquet, January, 1890, where only Colorado 
products, so far as was possible, were used. 
The people of the State will be pleased to know that 
the work has been carried to a successful conclusion. One 
