Chapter 13

TOBACCO CULTURE.

Hot Beds -- Virginia Plant Patch -- Tennessee Plant Bed -- Cuban Plant Bed -- Covering Plant Bed -- Selection of Soil -- The Soil Affecting Color -- Preparing the Soil -- Virginia Methods -- Burning Brush -- Implements -- Transplanting Plants -- Setting -- Seasons in Mexico and Persia -- The American Transplanter -- Pests -- Worming -- Backward Plants -- Topping -- Suckers -- Maturation -- The Harvest -- Cutting -- Hanging -- Cutting time in Cuba -- Harvesting in Virginia -- The Season in other Places -- Curing -- Curing by Smoke -- Yellow Tobacco -- Stripping -- Assorting -- Shading -- Stemming -- Packing -- Casing -- Old Style -- Resistance to Dampness -- Prizing -- Marking -- Baling -- Certificates -- Firing -- White Rust -- Seed Plants -- Maturing of Seed -- Second Growth.................. 415