Tobacco-Growing in Ireland

New Zealand Tablet, 20 June 1912, Page 49

Tobacco-Growing in Ireland

AgriralUraWnd TT'.T? ° f the De P a rt“™t ol states that in IC,?, ICal Instructi °" *«, Ireland planted on TOO 11 lp6 vanet:es of tobacco were planted on 100 acres, cigarette varieties an or for tobacco-growing * favMabl ‘ rs v.-itl, tlie preparation of the land curtailed tr V s,ight extent shine, dryness «d l waLT P ’ 16 unusual snn ' quality and Growth If rte w t b , eneflcial to of dry weather to the end P t ’ and the “"«»uance tated^hateSgt‘ our"! f t 86880,1 **s** facili ' be the best both «t? g The Crop would probably s t r “ b £« % r r ■* obtained* 1 being s f d to 6-|d per lbVpiS virfehS ?d SCf' 1 from 4d varieties, and from 34d to 8d n ’ 6 f, P . G1 * b . ior Cl gette The reports of the nnntifsdL b - for Cl gar varieties, crop grown in 1909 were similar toTb° purcbased tlle 1907 and 1908 crops. Most MtL r , hSe made on the carefully with foreign leaf W ; tobacco Was blended tobacco alone is renorted L i * f ne Case Iris h-grown fid results. reported to have been used with success snccess-