Chapter 23

Footnote 81:Florida tobacco is noted for the white rust found on the leaves.[Back to Main Text]

Footnote 82:Liancourt says of the selection of seed plants in Virginia:—"The seed for the next year is obtained from forty to fifty stalks per acre, which the cultivator lets run up as high as they will grow, without bruising their heads."[Back to Main Text]

Footnote 83:Tobacco is not allowed to pass from one state into another without paying a certain duty.[Back to Main Text]

Footnote 84:The amount in 1872, was 172,000.[Back to Main Text]

Footnote 85:Thirty-five cents a pound, gold.[Back to Main Text]


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