Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce

The grounds selected for the cultivation of tobacco are called by various names even in the same countries. Thus in the Connecticut Valley, such lands are called tobacco fields,...

Tobacco at the present time is one of the great products of the world. As an article of agriculture and of commerce, it holds an important place among the great staples, while a...

In Russia and Denmark as also in Norway and Sweden the pipes are more simple and are principally formed of wood sometimes tipped with copper but usually of inferior material and...

"The poet may sing of the leaf of the rose, And call it the purest and sweetest that blows; But of all the leaves that ever were tried, Give me the tobacco leaf rolled up and dr...

The custom of snuff-taking is as old at least as the discovery of the tobacco plant. The first account we have of it is given by Roman Pane, the friar who accompanied Columbus o...

The discovery of the tobacco plant in America by European voyagers aroused their cupidity no less than their curiosity. They saw in its use by the Indians a custom which, if eng...

We do not find in any accounts of the English voyagers made previous to 1584, any mention of the discovery of tobacco, or its use among the Indians. This may appear a little str...

The implements used in smoking tobacco, from the rude pipe of the Indian to the elaborate hookah of the Turk, show a far greater variety than even the various species of the tob...

The tobacco plant almost vies with the palm in the number of varieties; botanists having enumerated as many as forty, which by no means includes the entire number now being cult...

Nearly four hundred years have passed away since the tobacco plant and its use was introduced to the civilized world. It was in the month of November, 1492, that the sailors of...

Tobacco is a hardy flowering annual[1] plant, growing freely in a moist fertile soil and requiring the most thorough culture in order to secure the finest form and quality of le...

Neander in his work "Tobacologia," (1622) gives a list of the various kinds of tobacco then used and where they were cultivated, among them are the following well known now as s...

The drying houses or sheds for the curing and storing of tobacco are among the most interesting objects to be seen on the tobacco plantation. These sheds vary in size from a sma...

Few comparatively of the users or even of the growers and manufacturers of tobacco, are aware of the vast amount cultivated, manufactured and used. Many suppose that its cultiva...

The Connecticut Planter -- Intelligence of Tobacco Growers -- Best Connecticut Seed Leaf -- Love for the Plant -- Virginia Planters -- A Virginia Plantation -- The Plant-Patch -...

Meerschaum Pipes -- Coloring Meerschaums -- The City of Smokers -- Hudson as a smoker -- Persian Water Pipes -- Turkish Pipes -- Amber Mouth Pieces -- Obtaining Amber -- Its Val...

New York Cigars -- Havana Cigars -- Quality of Havana Cigars -- Relative Value and Size -- Cigar-Makers -- Cuban Cigars -- Cigar Manufactories -- Preparation of the Tobacco -- S...

Hot Beds -- Virginia Plant Patch -- Tennessee Plant Bed -- Cuban Plant Bed -- Covering Plant Bed -- Selection of Soil -- The Soil Affecting Color -- Preparing the Soil -- Virgin...

First General Planter -- State of the Colony -- Conditions of Raising Tobacco -- Tobacco Fields, 1620 -- Increase of Tobacco-Growing -- Restriction of Tobacco-Growing -- Tobacco...

Its Introduction -- Boxes and Graters -- Mode of Preparation -- Snuff-Boxes -- A Celebrated Manufacturer -- The Snuffing Period -- The Monk and his Snuff-Box -- A Pinch of Snuff...

Indian Pipes -- Material for Pipes -- Legend of the Red Pipe -- Chippewa Pipes -- Making the Peace Pipes -- South American Pipes -- Cigarettes -- Tobacco on the Amazon River --...

Introduction -- The Original Importer -- Wonderful Cures -- How the Herb grew in Reputation -- Difference of Opinion -- A Smoker's Rhapsody -- Old Smokers -- The Queen Herb -- D...

Early History of Tobacco -- Cultivation by Spaniards at St. Domingo -- Annual Product of Cuba -- Amount of Land under Cultivation in U.S. -- Cultivation in the South -- Annual P...

Kinds used for Cigars -- Dwarf Tobacco -- Havana Tobacco -- Yara and Virginia Tobacco -- James River Tobacco -- Ohio Tobacco -- South American Tobacco -- Celebrated Brands of To...

Early Use -- Origin of its Name -- Early Snuff-Taking -- Tobacco in Mexico -- Comparative Qualities of Tobacco -- Origin of the Plant -- Early Mammoth Cigars -- Sacredness of th...