Slate Seed Co., Seedsmen Since 1866, South Boston, Virginia 
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Slate's Improved Gold Leaf 
3014— VIRGINIA BRIGHT LEAF. — A standard 
sort that has been given a new name. It is a safe 
and reliable sort for a wide range of soils in the 
bright belt. Grows rather tall, with wide leaf of good 
length and cures easily into a bright smoking type of 
tobacco. Especially recommended for the sandy soils 
of Georgia and the Carolinas. It may be topped high 
for a thin bright or low to produce a leaf of good 
weight and body. 
Oz. 75c, *4 lb. $2.25, lb. $6.00, postpaid. 
3005— WARNE. —This is one of the best bright 
flue-cured tobaccos known to us. It is adapted to a 
wide range of soils and produces a good crop over the 
entire bright tobacco belt of Virginia, North Carolina, 
South Carolina, and Georgia. Leaves are long, medi¬ 
um broad, and taper to a sharp point. Tt is of fine 
texture, good curing qualities, and a safe variety in 
every respect. 
Oz. 75c, % lb. $2.25, lb. $6.00, postpaid. 
3016— SLATE’S YELLOW PRYOR— The In¬ 
dians cultivated this variety long before America was 
discovered. From it have sprung Virginia Bright 
Leaf, Gold Dollar, Hickory Pryor, Jamaica Wrapper, 
and Bonanza. It is the original of one of our best 
strains of bright tobacco. It is especially well adapted 
to the eastern bright belt where sandy soils prevail. 
The leaf is medium long, broad, of very fine texture 
and good weight. It is easy to cure into a high grade 
lemon yellow smoker. It is adapted to a wide range 
of soils and is considered one of our safest and most 
reliable bright sorts. 
Oz. 75c, 14 lb. $2.25, lb. $6.00, postpaid. 
3001— SLATE’S IMPROVED GOLD LEAF.— 
This variety was originated on our Hyco Farm and 
has become the most popular flue-cured tobacco in 
the world. For the bright flue-cured belt of Virginia, 
North and South Carolina, Georgia and Florida, 
nothing better can be found. Through all the chang¬ 
ing demand for leaf tobacco, Gold Leaf has made more 
money for the growers than any other sort. It can 
be topped high and made into a priming tobacco that 
will make a good yield per acre and still retain some 
weight and body to the leaf. Then it can be topped 
medium high and made into one of the finest of 
wrappers. No other sort lends itself better to all 
conditions than Gold Leaf. 
The leaf is long and broad and tapers to a sharp 
tip. These are well spaced upon the stalk to admit 
sunlight and make it ripen uniformly upon the hill. 
The plant is upright in growth, holding its lower 
leaves off the ground. The tip leaves, which in many 
tobaccos are almost worthless, fill out well in Im¬ 
proved Gold Leaf, and cure into a good bright color. 
Gold Leaf is easier to cure into a high grade bright 
tobacco than any other sort. It is less inclined to 
disease than any other sort and will grow on more 
different types of soil than most tobaccos. 
Since its introduction, we have constantly bred and 
selected our strain of Improved Gold Leaf, making it 
better and better each year, until today it is as near 
the perfect bright tobacco as will ever be found. 
Oz. $1.00, 14 lb. $2.75, lb. $7.00, postpaid. 
