The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-12-16
liar Varieties Sell Good On Floor
Experimental Leaf
Sale Important TO
Growers, Buyers

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Six varieties Of tobacco, grown
~ der experimental conditions.
were marketed Friday at the Old
Warehouse.
Area tobacco growers can smile
with some degree OF satisfaction as
two popular varieties now being
grown sold for more dollars per
acre than the other more expert
mental varieties.
Walkers Broad Leaf. long time
favorte with many farmers. and
Virginia 3l2. an experimental va
ritey that was widely used for the
first time this year. led the mar
ket in dollars return per acre.
Complete results of the sale will
not be known Immediately DR.. r..
G. Henderson, OF the experiment
station and G. r. Mathews, extern
sion service tobacco specialist.
were on hand to personally super
wise the gathering Of the results.
These results were carefully noted,
and the information bundled up as
carefully as top secret missile data
and taken back TO VPI for detailed
analysis AS soon as the Exten-
sion Service specialists have had
chance to analysize the results a
complete report will be made.
This is not the first time the
experimental varieties have been
tested In fact the results are signifi-
cant only as they are compared
with tests run In the last few years.
These tests form the basis for the
recommended varieties list issued
annually by the Virginia Extension
Service.
Test plots are grown on farms in
five area counties One farmer In
each Of the SIX counties plant one
and half acres OF tobacco with the
six varieties alternated in rows.
Six Varieties
In addition to Walkers Broad
Leaf and Virginia 3l2. another
popular variety Lizard Tail Orinoco
was included. along with two breed
Ing strains. Virginia 633l and Viz
pinia 73ll Another variety. a
farmer selection called Nance,
was grown On the farm Of w. M
DickerSon. til Prince Edward
County Nance produced m S t
pounds per acre. but not dollars
per acre.
Nance Is grown BY some Bedford
farmers. E. F. Striplin. county
agent explained, and it is being
tested to see if ii Is suitable for
this area, However he said the
variety probably would not be
recommended for Farnville area
tobacco growers
The breeding strains did not
stack ZIP as well as the established
favorites. Striplin said, but this was
not surprising since they definitely
have not been released for general
use
I'VE cants say too much about
the results Of the tests until we
have had chance TO 90 over the
figures carefully Mathews said
However, we will process the in
formation as fast as possible. and
compare it with previous years. and
release the information to local
farmers Just as soon as we can"
Time Of Harvest
In addition to the variety tests.
the warehouse was the scene OF
several other dramas Friday as
well. Frank w. Gillian. Of near
Pamplin, has been experimenting
for several years with time OF
harvest" test in tobacco. His to-
bacco was on the floor. and re-
suits from that will be announced
later. His experiment was TO har-
vest tobacco at three different
stages Of ripencss His first cutting
brought him $349 the second $500.
and the third 1881 As with the
other tests, the time Of harvest ex-
pertinent becomes more import
ant as il is compared with the re
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