years the 'Burley' has come into
favor. Nearly all tobacco grown in Ohio is 'fired,' that is,
cured by fires or flues; it is packed in hogsheads of about
eight hundred pounds net."

Another writer says:--

"In some parts her soil produces a fine yellow article
called 'Northern Ohio;' it is manufactured into the finest
quality of smoking tobacco, and is extensively used by all
epicures of the meerschaum, both in this country and in
Europe. Ohio also produces another variety called Ohio seed
leaf, or more familiarly, 'Seed.'"

While in another section she produces an excellent article of leaf for
chewing. Ohio tobacco of all kinds is a large plant, and cures "down"
to fine colors. One variety for cutting, known as "cinnamon blotch,"
is a leaf of good body and is considered an excellent tobacco for
chewing. A few years since a variety originated in a very curious
manner. We give the account as published by Prof. E. W. Smith:--

"This tobacco is known by the name of White tobacco. The
seed was procured about three years ago, in a very singular
way. There were a few hills of tobacco that looked very
singular, situated near a thicket of bushes and trees. The
rising morning sun sent its rays through this thicket,
striking diagonally upon a few hills, and producing by some
chemical law or daguerreotyping process the (white) tobacco.
The tobacco was allowed to go to seed. This seed was sown
the next year, and produced the same kind of tobacco. The
tobacco, before the white tobacco was daguerreotyped, was a
cinnamon blotch, so it may be seen by this freak of nature
how it was changed from red to white."

PERIQUE TOBACCO.

There are many varieties of tobacco well adapted for smoking, of all
colors and strengths. Of American tobaccos suitable for this purpose,
none have acquired a wider reputation at home than Perique. It is
cultivated only in small quantities in one or two parishes in
Louisiana. Perique tobacco may be used not only for smoking, but for
chewing and for snuff. The leaf when cured measures some eighteen
inches in length by fourteen in width, is thick and substantial, has
the appearance of a rich Kentucky tobacco, and when placed under press
immediately after being cured becomes black without the aid of any
artificial means. It is put up in rolls, or, as they are called,
"carrots." This tobacco is raised