Saxton's hand-book on tobacco culture, being a complete manual or practical guide by Saxton C. M

Author:Saxton, C. M
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Tobacco
Publisher: New York, C.M. Saxton
Published: 1863-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

operation; it may be answered, as I have before observed, that tobacco, while standing", is liable to be injured and destroyed by more, accidents than any other plant, such as hail-storms, heavy rains, high winds, the depredations of worms, the growth of suckers from the root, which abstract greatly from the weight and thickness of the leaves if suffered to grow, and which it is not always convenient to pull off. Besides this, the season of cutting tobacco is a very busy one to the planter, and too much work would accumulate on his hands by deferring it to the last moment.

" For these reasons it is considered most prudent to cull out the plants as soon as they will make good tobacco, in which case the loss in the aggregate amount of crop is balanced by avoiding the risk of accidents, and being able to bestow more care and attention to what remains."

The following, from the same pen, gives a lucid description of the Virginia mode of cutting and curing tobacco:

" The cutters go over the ground by rows, each taking two at a time, and the plants they cut are laid in the intermediate row between them. This facilitates the picking up, as the cutting of four rows is thereby placed in one. The stalk of the plant is first split to within about six inches of the ground, and after being cut off just below the bottom leaf, is inverted and laid upon the ground, to fall and become pliant for handling. The splitting of the stalk is important, both for the convenience of hanging it on sticks, and accelerating the cure of the plant. To those unused to the culture and management of tobacco, it will be almost incredible to learn how soon it will sun-burn, as we call it, after being cut and turned over on the ground. This is effected by the hot rays of the sun piercing and penetrating the tender parts of the leaves, and is manifested, by the parts affected turning white, and soon becoming dry and crisp, and, when cured, of a dark green

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