Se lected 
YELLOW SPECIAL 
Yellow Special tobacco has been grown by the 
Virginia Tobacco Experiment Station since 1933, and 
is recommended for use on soils infested with black- 
root rot, a disease common in alkaline or sweet soils, 
but seldom found in acid soils of the Coastal Plain. 
From bulletin 346 of the Virginia Agricultural 
Experiment Station: 
“The exact origin of this variety is not known but 
it is supposed to have been selected from a cross 
between Harrison Special and a small-leafed variety, 
possibly Lizard Tail. In Yellow Special, certain of 
the desirable properties of Harrison Special, such as 
high yielding ability, bright color and root-rot re- 
sistance, have been combined with the finer qualities 
of the other parent. The leaves of Yellow Special 
tobacco are smooth and are well spaced on the stalk. 
The ripe leaves are easily cured to a golden yellow 
color.” 
Yellow Special grows somewhat taller than vari- 
eties such as Gold Dollar or Yellow Mammoth, and 
produces a leaf similar to 400 or 402. 
These selected Yellow Special tobacco seed were 
produced on our farms from planting stock certified 
by the Va. Crop Improvement Association, and bred 
by the Va. Tobacco Experiment Station, Chatham, 
Va. 
PRICES: $1.00 per ounce; $7.00 per half pound; 
$13.00 per pound, postpaid. 
VISITORS 
No. 1 Shown in this photograph are, left to right, Mr. J. M. 
Lewis, Assistant S. C. Extension Tobacco Specialist, Mr. Hill, 
Tobacco Expert of Canberra, Australia, our Dr. C. H. Rogers, 
and Mr. H. A. McGee, S. C. Extension Tobacco Specialist. 
No. 2 Mr. C. C. Feng, Chinese Agricultural Specialist, and 
our Mr. J. W. Talbert inspect our tobacco breeding work. 
No. 3 Mr. Abdul Haq, Assistant Director of Agriculture, 
Hyderabad, India, looking over tobacco test work with Dr. Rogers. 
No. 4 Dr. H. P. Cooper of Clemson College and Mr. B. D. 
Clonaninger of Clemson College, and group of fertilizer experts 
visited us to study our tobacco breeding program. 
No. 5 Dr. George J. Wilds, Dr. C. H. Rogers, Dr. E. E. 
Clayton, in Charge of Tobacco Disease Research, USDA, and Dr. 
T. W. Garham, Tobacco Disease Specialist of the Pee Dee Ex- 
periment Station, study the progress of our tobacco breeding 
program for disease resistance. 

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