Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-07-19
THE LEAF.
Local Tobnccu Nnies

Local Tobacco Notes
Favorable reports rs to the condition OF
tue growing crop are received from nearly
all sections Of the county. The plants are
healthy and growing finely, although there
is good deal OF irregularity in their size,
owing to the present resettins OF plants
eaten off by the cut-worm. Tho time for
the depredations o: that pest has passed,
and what most now concerns the farmer are
damages that may be done by the flea
beetle and the tobacco worm. When the
plants were small the tleas were numerous
young plants both III the plant beds and
in the fields, but the soaking rains of two
weeks ago appear to have almost de-
stroyed them. Since the present dry spell
they have reappeared in some localities,
but are not numerous, and they
have done but little damage. The
green worm, the great tobacco worm, has
appeared in considerable numbers, but as
harvest is now over, the farmers and their
boys have ample time to devote to their
determination. Some Of the earlier plant
ed tobacco has been already topped, and
quite large proportion Of the crop is al
most ready for topping, and here it may
be well to call the attention of the mex
perienced farmer to the oft repeated adage
It top low it is more profitable to have
from six to twelve fine large leaves ON q
stock, than twice rs rs many little, narrow
sickly ones. In good, rich, mellow ground
from II to IL leaves may be safely left on
i stock, but in less favored lands the only
way to get large leaves is to top low
In some localities Of the county there have
within week past been local showers that
have supplied the growing plants with
needed moisture, but what is required
now to ensure Il full crop is good soak
ing rain Of two or three days duration.
Some sales Of packings Of the crop Of
1880 are reported Messrs. N. Lachen-
bruch s. Bro. have sold $50 cases of their
Lancaster packing to Foster, Hilson l.
Co., cigar manufacturers Of New York.
Messrs. l.. Il E. Wertheimer have sold 800
cases Gone report says only 152 cases) to
Messrs. |. Hamburger & Co., of New
York. Messrs. Sechrist and kendiS, Of
Lancaster, arc reported to have sold to
Mr.. Lederman, the former Al cases and
the latter 1893 cases. There have probably
been other sales effected. The Schroeder
h Bon tobacco, injured by the recent fire
i'll Tobacco avenue, has not been sold. The
Lancaster correspondent of the New York
Tobacco Journal has this to say about it
1.-THE question as to whether it was i'll
jured by its close proximity to fire, has
not yet been solved. 1t is known, how
ever, that tie means adopted by tho un-
derwriters for its disposal have been rs i'll
furious to its sale as the smoke which is
supposed to have injured it. An offer OF
IL cents IA pound, present weight, is re-
ported as having been mad. and refused.
There is a strong probability that the en-
tire packing will eventually be disposed of
ut auction, the wisest course the parties
interested could possibly pursue.'
The Tobacco Leaf, in referring to tho
trade prospect, says !: s. 1t is now evident
that, whether the export demand be great
or small this season. Il large business will
be done in seed leaf for domestic account.
The prOmptitude with which our largest
cigar manufacturers are taking hold Of the
new crop, indicates very clearly the mag
nitude OF their wants under the pressure
Of apirited demand for their goods.
Personal.
The Leaf Tobacco says also Mr. NJ
Gershel, representing the firm of Gershel
Bros, at Lancaster, gave our market a
call during the week Mr.. Gershel states
that almost every pound of acceptable
leaf is now in the hands Of
dealers.
Mr.. Daniel NJ. Mayer. of the firm Of
Herbs & Spiess, who left Lancaster few
weeks ago, has returned. He says he has
been at several summer yesOrts-LOng
Branch Long Beach, Concy Island, Sara
toga and other places-vainly endeavOring
to keep cool and comfortable and he de-
clares that not one OF the fashionable
resorts that he has visited can for
a moment be compared with old Lancas-
ter in furnishing genuine comfort in hot
weather. lie will spend the balance of
the season in our midst
Mr.. Chas. F. Tag, Of Mossrs. Chas +.
Tag s. Son, has taken his departure for
Europe, and will spend his time this sea-
son visiting the points of interest on the
continent.
Mr.. Z. Atwater, Of Berlin, Conn.,, went
homo on Saturday to rnsticate after casing
932 cases of tobacco from the 10Th of May
to the Sth Of July.
Benjamin N. NOlt, Of East Hemp field.
has sold to Le(lcrman two acres ut 90, 6
and >, amounting to $797.H.
Mr.. Lederman has purchased the follow
ng crops: a. w. G. Redsecker, Eliza
DethtOwn, at IA, and 9; III. L. Landis,
Aandis Valley, at 12, 5 and 9 Jacob Wiley
Mount Ncbo, at -, and 3.