White Burley Tobacco in Canada (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from White Burley Tobacco in CanadaIn 1866, in Brown county, Ohio, on the farm of Mr. Webb, some tobacco plants which were light-green in colour, with cream-coloured midribs and stalks, were noted in a field of what was known as red tobacco. Seed was saved from the light-coloured plants by Mr. Webb. From this beginning the new type of tobacco gained favour rapidly on account of its colour and bright, silky appear ance, and its cultivation soon spread over what is known as the White Burley district of Kentucky, Ohio, Virginia, and Tennessee. From this section it is supposed to have been introduced into Canada many years ago. Only within the past few years, however, due to increases in the import duties on tobaccos, has it come to be of economic importance in this country. At present White Burley tobacco is groan only In Ontario.This type is one of the slowest maturing tobaccos grown in Canada, con sequently it is grown only where the longest season can be had. The shore districts of all counties bordering lake Erie have climates fairly well adapted to its culture. Essex and Kent counties produce the bulk of the crop, but it is being grown successfully as far northeast as Prince Edward county.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.