The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-10-28
r,urIcv Tobaeco.
TIE RID BURLEY 4 DISTINCT VARIETY FROM
TIE WHITE BCRLEY.

hurley Tobacco.
TIE EEN hurley DISTINCT VARIETY FROM
TIE WHITE BCRLEY.
awe know OF but one variety Of Burley
tobacco. Sometimes, in certain soils, 1t
makes q red leaf, and on others n white
leaf. VIII Major Ragland please let us
know the origin OF the Red Bufley
Perhaps Mr.. Boggess can throw some liSht
on the subject"
The above is editorial comment on a
communication OF mine 70 the Western O.
6Gcco ,Jouraai, copied into the Farmers
Home Journal. in which was stated some
of the characteristic differences between
the Red and White Burnley varieties.
In complying with the EDITORS request,
he win rcc0lect my inquiry OF him, made
last spring, which he published concern
inp the cred Burlcy." ! first heard OF
this variety while in Maryland working up
the census OF tobacco last summer, and de-
sired TO know whether the planters in the
White Burley district in Kentucky and
Ohio had ever tried or knew of the exist
ence OF variety known rs " Red BIriey."
No reply giving the desired information
was published, but found what | sought
through a friend in Pennsylvania, VINO
sent me some OF the seed OF the Cred
Burnley"
We arc aware that soils as well rs man
agemcnt greatly influence the color o. the
produot when cured, whether of the Bur-
ley or any other variety OF tobacco; but /
make the broad assertion that no eX-
pcricnced planter who can distinguish the
peculiar characteristics in certain varieties,
=. f,f 1,o R1plpy
other variety. It's peculiar white color
/. e., yellowish or greeniSh whlte-obylously
distinguish it from the plant-bed to the
tobacco house.
The Red Burnley has the habit OF the
White-by the way, the same as the Con-
necticut and Pennsylvania seed leaf, from
which it is most reasonable to infer that
they both Observation-Disclosures broad and
lanccOatc, close together vertically on the
stalk and the ruiile at the base or axis OF
the stem and stalk nearly surrounding the
stalk at the axis. In short, the Red and
White grow alike and look alike, but the
peculiar white appearance OF the latter Is
wanting in the first at all stages OF growth,
and. besides this difference, the color Of The
bloom marks Mem as distinct UQrietieS;
for the petals OF the Red Burlcy ere deep
pink in color, while those Of the White are
pale pink-the nearest white Of all the va
rietics ever tested by the writer This boz
tanical difference marks the Rcd rs dis
tinct variety from the White. VIII fur
nish Mr.. Doggess with seed OF the Red
that he may test it if he desires.
OTHER DIFFERENCES.
The Red Burley, on the sandy, slaty, and
- all of Ffpss fot a.
hardy, or as much so as any other variety;
stands transplanting much better than the
White, and also withStands drought much
better. The Red is also less liable to in
sect injuries than the White, which latter
is peculiarly relShed by beetle, hopper, and
worm. The Red gives decidedly more
promise Of successful culture outside OF
the Whitc-Burlcy belt proper, and will
produce nm article only second to the famed
White iillcr-rcddcr, il is true, in color,
but possessing many Of the desirable quail
ties Of the White Burley product.
Owing TO the extreme tenderness OF the
White hurley, and its general failure in
Virginia and North Carolina, consequent
largely it must be admitted on most I'M
favorable season, the planters in the above
States will want no more White Burley in
theirs. But it hourishes in the West, and
who can successfully produce it need seek
for nothing else while the taste holds for
the White goods.
In the East the clays and loans have
proved unsuited to the White Burley; and
ii planters here can ever raise successful
Burnley stock it must be frem seed Of the
Red Burley, or some other OF like type that
suits the soil.
Having grown the Burlcys-Red and
White--under most trying circumstances
this year, unhesitatngly pronounce the
Red fur better suited TO our location, and
have hopes that it will prove the BlIrley Of
the South, as the White is certainly the
Burley OF the West. Planters would do
well to give it Qhe Red) trial in a small
way, and test it. merits before planting
largely, and thus avoid risk.
BY the way, planters in several localities
in the West report similar experience with
those in Virginia and North Carolina, in
testing the White Burley on soils un-
suited-faiure. Millions are lost to the
planters every year by the use Of inferior
varieties and imperfect seed, and the fail
ure to adapt variety TO soil and climate, and
other Encouragement; The same holds
true d nihssi1 farm farm seed.
The use Of poor or unsuitable seed is de-
cidedly the worst Of all bad farm manage
ment. Tic choice and improvement OF
varieties by selection, continuous hybridiza-
ton. etc, lies at the base Of intelligent,
satisfactory, and profitable cropping.
Hyco, Virginia. i. l.. RAGLAND.