• 'Florida Sumatra' tobacco flowers.
  • 'Florida Sumatra' tobacco plants.
  • 'Florida Sumatra' tobacco plants.
  • 'Florida Sumatra' tobacco plant.
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Florida Sumatra Tobacco

Florida Sumatra Tobacco

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'Florida Sumatra'
Nicotiana tabacum L
[ Approximately 100 seeds per packet ]


'Florida Sumatra' is a very old variety that was historically shade grown and used to make excellent quality cigar wrapper leaves. It is fast maturing and grows four to six feet in height.

In a 1925 edition of Suniland Magazine, we found the following reference to this variety's development:
"The innovation [sic - growing under shade] was an immediate and a pronounced success, the first shade tobacco selling for more than $4 a pound, as against an average price of forty cents a pound for the sun variety. In 1917, by the way, the tobacco was further shaded by the addition of cheese cloth to the wooden slats, so that today Florida Sumatra leaf tobacco compares favorably in texture and quality with the imported variety."
Our stock is grown from USDA accession number PI 552631.
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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. "Florida in Tomorrow's Sun," Suniland Magazine, Nov. 1925.

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