The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1889-01-30

flavor and bulk from this kind OF
provender, hence it contains all
the elements OF their organism
represented in the soil. The bark
of the hickory, that gives the de-
lightful sugar-maple flavor to the
artificial article of commerce, is
present as an element of the soil.
The bark of the oak, a kindred
antiseptic property of tobacco, is
represented in the soil. The
huckleberry's delightful, sweet
taste and flavor, is present in the
soil, and all these are the strains
OF the refined tobacco product
that is used by Cigarette, Smok-
ing and Plug manufacturers.
When tobacco is raised on land
overc!.arged with certain sub
stances, as resin, cedar gum and
spicy woods, resulting from the
vegetable deposits OF such
growths, we have the best OF rea-
sons for believing thatit takes on
a new flavor, hence thesuperb fla
vor of North Carolina tobaccos,
raised from land long resting in
old field pine, or original growth,
and this is why stale varieties so
soon assume new characteristics
when grown for a few years on
such lands, and which giveit very
often a new commercial value.
Oak, hickory orchinquapin being
many degrees higher in the vege-
table kingdom than the pine,
adds new qualities to the soil when
found interspersed with the pine,
and hence a quality OF tobacco
containing additional strains OF
superiority over the growth OF
either one individually. 1t must
be remembered, though, thatres-
in and gum are substances the
worm cannot utilize, so it re-
quires powerful minerals to con-
vert any fraction of such sub
stances into plant food, aud
should those minerals not be pres.
ent, the substance will remain re.
fractory for years, yet we must
admit that the resinous odor OF
cambium sap, the substance that
Vanillin, a substitute for Vanilla,
is extracted from, acts a promi.
nent part in giving the piney
growth of North Carolina its de
lightful flavor.
To instance the timber growth
as flavor depositors to soil, just
compare the stale, fiat quality oI
California and Mexican frnits r.
our own. They are large, sweet
and juicy, but totally lacking in
that versatile flavor that never
disgusts us with our own varia
bic product. The soils ofCalifor
mia and Mexico have alwaysbeer
comparative barrens, never hav
ing enough timber growth to i'm
part flavor, and hence the alb
sence OF flavor elements in the
soil. In Galloway County, Mo.
about half the county is prairie
the soil being the result OF lake
deposits and vegetable mould, re
sulting from the decomposition
Of coarse prairie grasses, and
largely the work Of earth worms
Tobacco raised on this land il
coarse, rank and havorless, the
other part Of the county is OAK
and hickory growth, and the clear.
ings make the finest yellow wrap.
pers ri good flavor. Other sec.
lions Of Missouri show the same
peculiarities IN close proximity to
prairie lands, with the advantage
always in favorof land originally
timbered or freshly cleared.
Land that has long been cleared
and resting in sod, az the Blue
Grass lands Of Kentucky, lose
most Of the observation-disclosures
Of fresh clearings, and hence the
product possesses the cured grass
or new mOwn hay flavor, just
what might he expected, since the
hulk Of the loan IL Of canebrake