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517. BROADLEAF HICKS—One of the most popu- 
lar varieties. It is very easy to cure to a flashy 
color. Used on a wide variety of soils, but per- 
forms best on medium sandy soils. Space about 
20 inches in the row and top high. 
513. GOLDEN HARVEST—An excellent cigarette 
type tobacco with a large broad leaf. It cures 
easily to a good yellow color. 
510. VIRGINIA BRIGHT—One of the finest of the 
bright leaf tobaccos, making big crops of svu- 
perior quality. It cures to a good lemon color, 
except when planted on heavier clay soils. 
Grown very successfully in the eastern section 
of the flue-cured belt. 
503. MAMMOTH GOLD—A heavy yielding variety 
which is well adapted to all except the heaviest 
types of soil in the flue-cured belt. It makes 
a large broad leaf, cures easily to a rich lemon 
color, of high quality cigarette tobacco. 
518. VIRGINIA GOLD—Vigorous. Grows off quick- 
ly. Big long leaves, cures to rich lemon or 
orange. Top high. 
499. BONANZA — An excellent medium-leaved 
bright tobacco for sandy loam soils. The leaves 
are long, of medium width, well spaced, easy 
to cure. 
500. JAMAICA WRAPPER—A fine cigarette type 
tobacco, cures bright yellow. The leaves are 
long, rather broad and well spaced; ripens uni- 
formly. Best suited for light to medium heavy 
tobacco soils. 
501. HARRISON’S SPECIAL—A large broad leaf 
bright tobacco which is very much in demand 
for cigarettes. 
515. 402 SPECIAL—A variety which was devel- 
oped at the Tobacco Experiment Station at Ox- 
ford, N. C. It is a broad leaf type tobacco 
which has produced exceptionally high yields 
of good cigarette type tobacco. 
509. YELLOW MAMMOTH—A good bright tobac- 
co of extra fine quality for cigarettes. Well 
suited to planting on medium to heavy sand 
loams. It has a medium large stalk with long 
broad leaves, well spaced, which insures uni- 
form ripening. 
506. GOLD DOLLAR—Among the best high quality 
cigarette types. Easy to cure and very uniform 
in size and shape of leaf, height of plant, and 
time of ripening. The leaf is long and rather 
broad that fills out to a good tip. The texture 
is silky, bright yellow. 
507. YELLOW SPECIAL—An easily cured bright 
leaf tobacco for light or medium soils. Produces 
high yields with good quality. 
514. YELLOW PRYOR—Makes a fairly long leaf, 
quite broad, of good weight, fine quality, and 
cures easily. 
516. BOTTOM SPECIAL—A variety for farmers 
who prefer a close leaf spacing and high aver- 
age yield. The leaves tend to have coarse 
veins and are moderately wide. 
ORDER EARLY AND BE SURE 
Our tobacco seed production this year is from 
State Experiment Station’s Foundation Seed. 
Grown, rogued and harvested by an expert that 
spent a major part of his life in charge of a State 
Tobacco Research Experiment Station and pro- 
duces and handles tobacco seed with the techni- 
cal care, precaution and general know-how that 
only experience and study can give. All plants 
in field destroyed except ones used for seed. 
Fields isolated from other tobacco up to 20 times 
the distance’ required for certification. No to- 
bacco harvested from these fields. They were 
planted, cared for and used as seed producing 
fields only. He secured his foundation stock 
seed from ihe following sources: Ga. Experi- 
ment Station, N. C. Experiment Station, and Va. 
Experiment Station. 
The above assures you of getting top quality 
seed, and at fair prices. 
PLANT BED MANAGEMENT 
Choose a well-drained soil, high in organic mat- 
ter, that lies to the east or south and is pro- 
tected from the wind. Sow one level tablespoon- 
ful per 100 square yards. 
Plant 100 square yards for each 1 to 2 acres to 
be planted. Beds 2 yards wide can be worked 
much easier than wider beds. Weeds can be 
controlled by correct use of chemicals. 
KRILIUM has proven to be ever so valuable in 
keeping the soil open and porous. The roots do 
not break or damage as badly when pulled. This 
means bigger root systems and healthier plants 
are transplanted to give you quicker growing and 
less replanting. 
FERTIL!ZER. 1 to 2 pounds of 4-9-3 plant bed 
fertilizer to the square yard should be thoroughly 
worked into the top 2 inches of soil. Mix one 
level tablespoon of seed with a few pounds of 
fertilizer and sow uniformly over 100 square 
yards. Settle the soil with a light tamper. Use 
good tight side walls and cover with a cloth. 
In Virginia, sow beds by February 10th. Further 
south, beds should be sown earlier. 
PRICE: Pkt. 15c; oz. $1.50; 
Yq lb. $5.00, postpaid 
522. DIXIE BRIGHT 28 (New variety) (Tested as 
8358). High resistance to Granville wilt. Lead- 
ing tobacco companies report ‘Decidedly more 
Desirable” than Dixie Bright 27. Has handling 
qualities farmers like in flue-cured tobacco. 
Susceptible to black shank, but good yielder. 
Cures bright and did well under extreme 
drought conditions. Easy to handle, as it is not 
brittle. 
527. DIXIE BRIGHT 101—Most widely used of the 
Dixie bright tobacco. Has resistance to Gran- 
ville wilt and black shank. Adapted to a wide 
range of soil types. Top high and do not har- 
vest until full ripe. It proved in 1953 that it 
could stand more dry weather than most any 
other variety. Top quality, lemon color. 
524. DIXIE BRIGHT 102—Highly resistant to black 
shank and Granville wilt. It grows tall and 
normally produces broad, well-proportioned 
leaves of medium length. Adapted to a wide 
range of soil types. 
526. DIXIE BRIGHT 27—Granville wilt resistant 
variety, about equal to that of Oxford 26. It 
has tall growth habit, long broad leaves that 
are spaced much closer on the stalk and are 
less brittle than Oxford 26. It is best suited to 
medium light sandy soils. 
525. OXFORD 26— Has a high resistance to Gran- 
ville wilt and a moderate resistance to Fusarium 
wilt. Performs best on medium to light sandy 
loam soils. 
511. BIG ORONOKO—A dark tobacco that adapts 
itself to a wide variety of soils; cures easily, 
a heavy producer and of fine texture. The leaf 
is long and broad; may be cured red or black. 
512. SWEET, or LITTLE ORONOKO—Makes a fine 
chewing tobacco, wrappers and filters; long, 
narrow and very waxy. It may also be flue 
cured, making a rich, heavy mahogany. 
523. LIZZARD TAIL—A long narrow silky leaf of 
unusual body and weight; cures rich red. 
504. IMPROVED YELLOW ORONOKO Cures 
bright or can be cured for dark filler. It has 
good width and fine length, best suited to 
light gray soil. 
505. IMPROVED WHITE STEM ORONOKO—On 
light sandy soils it makes high-class bright leaf; 
on heavy soils it makes mahogany or medium 
bright. Has good length and width, cures 
easily. 
521. VIRGINIA SUN CURED—A fine chewing to- 
bacco, also for filters and wrappers; makes 
a rich mahogany when flue cured. 
Don’t wait until blue mold strikes. Head it off 
with FERMATE. (Quoted on page 64). 
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