Identifier: yoa1900 (find matches)
Title: Yearbook of the United States Department of Agriculture 1900
Year: 1901 (1900s)
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Subjects: Fig United States Weather forecasting Rabies United States Citrus Diseases and pests United States Birds, Injurious and beneficial United States Poisonous plants United States Potatoes United States Pears United States Date palm United Sta
Publisher: U.S. G.P.O
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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Figure caption: Florida Grown Sumatra Leaf Tobacco

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und than of that grown in Suma-tra, giving to the Florida-grown leaf greater wrapping capacity.The jury voted to the Florida-grown leaf 20 points of merit and to the Sumatra-grown leaf 18 points. (PI. XVI.) Fix>bida-gr©wn leaf from Cuban seed.—The Florida-grown leaffrom Cuban seed also received favorable consideration, being voted18 points of merit against 18 points received by the Cuban product.While the jury recognized that the Florida-grown leaf was a close rivalof the Cuban product in point of quality and aroma, the Cuban leafwas found to be richer in flavor and aroma. The jury would havevoted to Cuba more points of merit than to Florida had it not beenthat Florida exhibited leaf grown from Cuban seed that was exceed-ingly fine for wrapper purposes, whereas Cuba only exhibited fillerleaf. These results have not come to the growers of tobacco in Floridaby chance, but are the legitimate outcome of well-directed energy and ■ Y.irbook U. S. D»pt. of Agriculture, 1900 Plate xvi
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Baldwin. A MOUf - CO. UTBOCABST1C. »AtTIMO XZ Florida Grown Sumatra Leaf Tobacco. EXHIBIT OF LEAF TOBACCO AT PARIS EXPOSITION. 163 a liberal expenditure of money. It is a reasonable supposition that inthe near future the Florida leaf grown from Sumatra seed will drivefrom our markets the leaf grown on the island of Sumatra. The leafgrown in Florida and Texas from the Cuban seed is identical in appear-ance with the best leaf produced on the island of Cuba, giving someevidence of the rich flavor and aromatic quality peculiar to the besttobacco grown on the island. It is a reasonable hope that with thesame intelligent work with the Cuban variety that has been expendedin the production in Florida of the Sumatra leaf, Texas and Floridawill soon produce a tobacco that will doubtless be found f ully equal to the leaf grown in Cuba, especially in the medium grades. Zimmek Spanish and Little Dutch.—The next exhibit thatattracted great attention and admiration was that made by CullmanBros., oyoa1900

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