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ever, that this variety grows with a yellowish cast and care 
should be taken to be sure that leaves are fully ripened before 
cropping. The leaves are ripe when they break clean from 
the plant and the green fades from the veins. 
DESCRIPTION 
WEIGHT—A high producer of quality cigarette 
tobacco. 
CURING—Cures easily about like its Gold Dollar 
parent. 
LEAF—A large, broad leaf from 18 to 22 inches in 
length and 10 to 12 inches in width. 
STALK—A medium large stalk that is stiff and 
storm resistant. 
TEXTURE—tThe leaf is of medium texture with 
average size ribs. 
DISEASE RESISTANCE—Relatively high resist- 
ance to root knot and meadow nematode. Some 
tolerance to soreshin and leaf spot. 
UNIFORMITY—Golden Harvest ’51 is very uniform 
in all growth characteristics. 
PRICES: $3.00 per ounce, $22.50 per half pound, 
$42.00 per pound, postpaid. 
BELOW: Tobacco buyers pay top prices for quality cigarette tobacco. The 
bidding is fast and spirited and the prices high as Mr. Shady R. Floyd of 
Florence County sells a row of Golden Harvest. 
ABOVE RIGHT: Mr. Carl B. Reaves of Loris, South Carolina, has found 
Golden Harvest to be a top producer of quality cigarette leaf. His 1951 crop 
of 4.7 acres averaged 1783 pounds and sold for $1097.66 per acre. 
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