Tobacco breeding in Connecticut by unknow

Author:unknow
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Tobacco
Publisher: [New Haven] : Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
Published: 1913-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

Connecticut Experiment Station, Bulletin 176.

A glance at the percentages of Light Wrappers received shows in no case a very favorable result. Selection (27 —2) —1, which gave a relative value of 157.3, leads all the selections by producing a total of 24.7% of Light Wrappers. As the Havana which was grown on the same field produced only 9.5% Light Wrappers, the results seem more favorable. There is certainly a wide range of value for these Halladay selections. The poorest, (73 —2)—3 —3, which also was the selection which produced the shortest leaves of the lot, had a relative value of 74.2, while the most favorable, (K —2) — 1 — 6, gave a relative value of 162.6 as compared with Havana.

It has already been mentioned that before the tobacco was sorted it was examined by three tobacco men. These three men examined the same hands which had been used for the grain and texture results, each working independently and without prejudice of any kind other than some diversity of opinion as' to what constitutes an ideal tobacco. None of the three men were very favorably impressed, the general criticism of each being that the tobacco lacked a bright finish. The different selections, however, were given relative placings, at our request. After the placings had been roughly made, each man was then given the second picking of the six selections which, in preliminary judgment, were rated the highest. With these second pickings final placings were then made, and the results are given in the table below, the gradings being placed in sequence with the better type at the top.

It will be noted that (K —2) —1—6 appears first twice and it is also of interest to know that this selection gave a high relative value by the sorting test. Commercial Havana ranks second twice and third once. The only other selection which appears three times in the judges' table is (77 —1) —1—^. (27 — 2) — 1, which gave the second highest relative value, appears twice in this table. ' •■'

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