Last year (2011) I grew about a dozen Silver River plants. I kilned some last fall and sweated the rest this spring/summer. I originally grew this for the novelty, the "alleged" slight hint of menthol everyone talked about. Well, I gotta tell ya, I've never tasted menthol, nor my wife nor 3 other people we gave it to. All (including me) think it's a very mild and tasty tobacco. It's on my permanent seed list. Anyway, about 6 months ago I shredded a lot of different varieties and put them into mason jars. Yesterday on a whim I opened the Silver River jar and got an EXTREMELY strong dose of menthol. It was so strong that if I didn't know better I'd swear someone had put some menthol crystals in the jar. Maybe I'll go get that jar and smoke it to see if it now tastes of menthol.
Regardless of the menthol taste or lack thereof, Silver River is a very tasty, high producing tobacco.
Randy B
Regardless of the menthol taste or lack thereof, Silver River is a very tasty, high producing tobacco.
Randy B