• 'Broad Leaf Orinoco' tobacco leaf.
  • 'Broad Leaf Orinoco' tobacco plant.
  • 'Broad Leaf Orinoco' tobacco flowers.
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Broad Leaf Orinoco (aka Broadleaf Orinoco) Tobacco

Broad Leaf Orinoco (aka Broadleaf Orinoco) Tobacco

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Certified Natural Grown
Broad Leaf Orinoco
Nicotiana tabacum L
[ Approximately 100 seeds per packet ]

'Broad Leaf Orinoco', also known as 'Broadleaf Orinoco', has plants grow five to six feet tall if left to flower, or about four feet tall when topped. Its leaves reach twelve inches wide by twenty-four inches long. It is a very old, flue cured-type tobacco variety historically used for pipe and cigar blending. When grown under certain conditions, it was sometimes used as cigar wrappers. An 1876 publication described as follows:
"Broad-Leaf Orinoco, when cultivated on the rich and highly-manured lands of Kentucky, produces the dark, strong-flavored 'shipping tobacco;' and when grown on the light gray soil of Virginia or North Carolina, with but little or no manure, and cured in a close barn with artificial heat, will produce the bright 'wrappers' for which these States are so famous."[1]
By the end of the 19th century, it was described as being one of the favorite varieties of "yellow-tobacco" grown by the majority of planters in the South.[2] Our seed originated from USDA accession number PI 552302 and was sent to us by David Pendergrass from Tennessee.
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Tobacco plants are very interesting, ornamental, and have uses apart from consumption. This section of the website is intended for the historical and informational purposes of thinking adults. Anyone who has been raised since the turn of the 20th century already knows that tobacco can be addictive and can contribute to various medical ailments. If you do not smoke, it would seem illogical to start. We in no way encourage people to use any form of tobacco product.
Informational References:
  1. "The Planter's Guide for Cultivating and Curing Tobacco," Prepared by the Shelton Tobacco-Curing Company of Asheville, North Carolina, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1876
  2. "Tobacco Leaf," by J. B. Killebrew, A. M., Ph.D. and Herbert Myrick, B.S., 1897.

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