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THE NEW BERN MIRROR, NEW BERN, N. C.
Friday, February 6, 1959
State College Experts Look
At 1959 Tobacco Situation
In recent weeks North Carolina
tobacco growers have shown in
creasing concern for the future of
their crop. Anxious to supply the
demands of all segments of the to
bacco trade, more and more farm
ers are re-examining varieties that
are available for 1959.
Some farmers are finding them
selves in a tough spot, however.
They want to grow an “old-line”
variety of tobacco, but in many
cases certain diseases in their soil
make this impossible.
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selves in this predicament,, Roy
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Bennett, tobacco specialist for the
N. C. Agriculture Extension Serv
ice, raises the following point for
consideration:
Why not plant part of the crop
in a disease-resistant variety which
has “old-line” characteristics, and
part of the crop in a disease re
sistant variety which does not have
“old-line” characteristics?
This would be particularly feasi
ble, Bennett said, where a tobacco
farm is tended by two or more ten
ants, or where a farmer has to
bacco in two or more tracts.
Disease resistant varieties that
are similar in many respects to the
so-called “old-line” varieties are
Coker 156, S. C. 58, Oxford 1-181,
Vesta 5, and Buyers’ Choice. The
leaf type of N.C. 73 is similar to
some of the “old-line” varieties.
Plant pathologists report that
Coker 156, S. C. 58 and N. C. 73
have high levels of resistance to
Black Shank. Oxford 1-181 is mod
erately resistant to Black Shank,
while Vesta 5 and Buyers’ Choice
have low levels bf Black Shank re
sistance. In addition, N. C. 73 has
moderate resistance to Fusarium
Wilt.
In some cases, where a suitable
long rotation has been practiced
and Black Shank is not too much
of a problem, a variety with low
level of resistance may be used.
However, in the Black Shank “hot
spots,” a highly resistant variety,
such as Coker 156, S. C. 58 and N.
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As far as yields are concerned,
Coker 156, S. C. 58, Buyers’ Choice
and N. C. 73 fall in the moderate
yield range. Vesta 5 is a medium-
high yielder, while Oxford 1-181 is
a low yielder.
For any farmer planning to
switch to a new or different varie
ty for 1959, Bennett has a word of
caution:
“Go slow,” he said, “on any new
variety. Learn how to handle it,
and know that the ijew variety has
good acceptability in the trade be
fore going all out.”
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Robert Goodyear, 49, glided in
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C. 73 would be required.
The group of tobaccos listed by
Bennett as having some of the “old-
line” characteristics all have fairly
pointed leaves, with considerable
body. The chemical composition of
these tobaccos^ is generally within
the usuable range, and their flavor
and aroma ranges from medium to
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1959 Recommendations for
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Copies of the recommendations
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N. C. State college.
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With one exception, the 1959 rec
ommendations are the same as the
recommendations for 1958 crops.
The exception reads as follows:
“For soils fumigated to control ne
matodes, the fertilizer for flue-cur
ed tobacco should contain at least
25 per cent of the total nitrogen in
the nitrate form.”
In previous years, it was believed
that one form of nitrogen was
good as another for tobacco. How
ever, recent studies have shown
that, where land has been fumi
gated, flue-cured tobacco needed
at least one-fourth of its nitrogen
in nitrate form.
By applying a portion of the ni
trogen in nitrate form, scientists for
the N. C. Agriculture Experiment
Station have been able to increase
tobacco yields by 10 to 20 per cent.
The fertilizer recommendations
for 1959 cover about every crop
pown in Noi’th Carolina. They also
include lawns and ornamentals.
Soil tests are the best way to find
out what fertilizer is needed. If
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The Extension >recommendations
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