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cigars, some Trichinopoly cheroots, all packed up at the
same time, have, however, been entirely destroyed by
insects.

"It is clear from the reports that both in Guzerat and
Khandesh, Havana and Shiraz tobacco will flourish, and that
they may be introduced without difficulty. The ryots, it is
said, preferred the new kinds to their own, and desire their
introduction, the foreign varieties commanding a higher
price in the market. The chief drawback is the want of
knowledge and appliances for the proper curing of the leaf.
This, indeed, is the great drawback throughout India. In the
district of Kaira the seed is always sown in nursery beds in
the month of July, and transplanting commences about the end
of August, the operation continuing for about two months.
The tobacco planted on the dry soil called 'koormit' ripens
and is fit for cutting in January and February; that which
is grown on irrigated land during March and April. In
Canara, tobacco is generally grown in elevated situations.
The seed is sown in August, and the seedlings are
transplanted in November, the crop arriving at maturity in
three or four months. North Canara derives its supply
chiefly from Mysore, the leaf produced in that province
being said to be less liable to affect the head than that of
the Canara plant."

The Turk and his family love to cultivate tobacco as well as to smoke
it; and give it their attention from seed-sowing until it is sold to
the merchant. The Turk is very particular in cultivating it, as on its
color depends in a great measure its value. He commences work on his
plant-bed in March, sowing the seed about the same time as the
Virginia planters. After the leaves are gathered the same scrupulous
care is taken with them; especially in drying and baling, that the
leaf may be in just the right condition to ferment properly, and be
ready to be assorted by the "tobacco pickers." The Turk presses his
whole family into the cultivation of the plants. The children are
engaged in weeding while he waters the beds or prepares the tobacco
field for the planting of the tobacco. In pruning and picking the
leaves he removes only those that are small--the removal of which will
still further advance the growth of the plants, and is careful to
gather only those leaves that are turning yellow, giving evidence of
their maturit