, 1874-11-14

MIN TO nGCUEnd Coht1uGH IHGDrl2tG, 1t1u gOciO-
ty wo1d bo otfcctually protectou from thoBe sGc-
0nttary crimes which grow out OF tho original
an Of drunkenness. JANE 0nEr SwIssuELat.
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TOBACCO.
| Tho Different Varieties Cultivated t1.
the UntreA StntcH.
! Il. n. Eiittugs, i4 Me Il Atnerican Grocer.
There aro many varieties OF tho tobacco plant
Of both temperate and tropical growth. Tho
plant attan!s larger Growth n temperate
all tho tobacco Of tho tropics. somo varlotIoa
| arc hut alapscd for cutting, otor8 for anuT, aud
still others for cgars: There aro noarly. fifty
yarttes Of tobacoo uulttynted, some OF whicl, ARE
coarso. dark, and strong. Thoro nro many kinds
cultivated In tl,ia country, including tim follow
Ing: Connecticut aeod laisf, New York, Ponnsyl~
7yania,, Ohio. and Wissonsin scod caf, Virginia,
Maryland, North Catolii,a, rcriquo {La.),
Florida, Missouri tobacco. mud aonle other yari.
tics. Soma Of these aro very similar III kind.
Virginia Is q 1tuc smoking toGncco. atnptod for
tls pIpo Connecticut is Justly celebrated a. tue
lnoat cigar wrapping, loaf hnown to oommerco
wAilo Ohio raises both cigar md cutting leaf.
Some few yoars sinco tho growers Of tue pfnnt
iu tha Connecticut Valley cx'tortained the belief
that tho valley was capable OF producing loaf
yatcd mud still retain that line texture that gives
II itR value. a1auy loading varieties wero fried,
including ornoco. Latokn, snd most Of the Va.
rleties grown III Cuba BY ,apeatcd trials thoy
tohacco. wltch nrn6aoa ~ thn no"n a. spanah
co plant in New Eirlani MA niont I. ~ esro"o,
growth, attaining ABOUT tho e,n,o height ns Beod
eaf,-porliapa attaining littlo more altitude
foet in ienpth md eorroanonf fiing irn.;1th is
plant comes forward rapltliy % aid rinena m,cH
: moro rapidly than seed lcnf, tilorcGy ins,,ring
against all danger from auturnual frostH. The
s ooutry v III wns rse oto9gn 70
TayIor sor,'o years etncc nm ,g.a aostoa ~; anu
tobacco growers in ali aectionn Of thn co,tntry rn
smalleat yarietios.-cnmj MT In r,t,vaio
ri With much n,ot,t n ~ so1, n,santn1
for tho ninc. and in of nocnl;ar f1avor ssn,1a
tie coIorEabo,lt like jeht VreinisNdta Il tA,np fnr
tested in Now Encland las tesn Enown as tpss *
,l,,nlt tnhacco his IL daubftoss annhor aa ta
Of yood loaf tie result of h,;nrinr soed tro.
yarious couutrIoB, There arc ouIso . ,t,1mhor nT
o!snd" Mit1din nna Wcanrn e.aas Wy 'rsora om LII
four Ioatiug yarlotics IN Ohio. anl anot,,ar iau
RECENTLY been dscoyored in ;t,oat sinnninr ,u",,
nor. 4 few years SINCE 8 number or nlartn I,u
ton OF tho grower Of, accornt Of tl,c ~ nccar
cn1nr nf ti,o icaf lin loauss ,,ero oppreti1.
pickcd, and tho plants allowed to co to sced Th3e
noxt eeason plai,t beds wera ma1o an'i anvara1
orib{tiug tie sumo color whom 1 nroSn@ mo ,ui nnd
lis maine, "Whito Tobacc9" or. as Il IL town sosns
now, "Conarcny Premium Tobncco." A. Nou%I n c"t
tobacco it Lids fair rival otor tousccos ,,sed f"r
tAis purpose. u CaIlforuia tic plant IL hmm
cultivated to considerable oxiout. and bv liz
new method Of curing d!gcoyered by Mr. unjn
will doubtloss nuke iss crltivabon y SUCCESS a1I
aad still another great product to the
number now cultiynted in tint wor;,rons o,s
cliue But while new yxrietioa NJ tho
plunt aro being tried, nav moth"1s
Ut culture nre being tried. whicI,
has much to do With the growth and oua]ity NJ
tho plapt. III the Now Epsland statoy especially
have tobacco-g growers boen more particnar1y II,
torested in new varieties, aud testej more than
in any other part OF tic country. In Virginia
not 10 much attention has boof1 pa;d to now
varieties (ulthougl. tloro arc many GRADES and
qualitioy) on account Of thnir tobsern boi,,1 aro
atlnptea for the pIpo rather than for q crar
Wrapper. While tic TOBACCO p.aut readily adants
itsat to soil and climate. it ottan loses tLnsn es
aontia qualtlos which rendor It valuable and Ia q
auurco OF profit to tho cuitiyator of tho waai
Somo kinds Of tobacco NAV bo grown in almost
my climate aud still retain, n measure. re- it, es-
sental qualities, such as texture color. s'zo mud
weight. Others, however,, cha,,pe altorothcr NJ,
bojug introduced to new gocti,ns Of cm'ntrv w