Got my list narrowed down a bit. Here is what it is looking like. Hope I have not bitten off more than I can chew. Wish I could be happy with just a few basic varieties but it is just not in my nature i guess.
2014 Planting Varieties:
“Production/Quantity Varieties”
* indicates varieties I grew last year
VARIETY: CLASS:
1*Silver River
| White Stem Burley/Primitive/Unknown
|
4Bolivian Crillo Black
| Dark Air
|
2*YTB
| Mild Burley
|
2Golden Burley
| Medium Burley
|
3African Red
| Bright Leaf/Flue Cure
|
5NC-95
| Flue Cure
|
5SP-172
| Flue Cure
|
6*Bursa
| Oriental
|
6*Izmir
| Oriental
|
7Prilep 66/9-7
| Oriental
|
7Xanthi-Yaka
| Oriental
|
8Scantic
| Cigar (CT Broadleaf variety)
|
8Dominican Olor
| Cigar
|
8*Lonnie’s Havannah
| Cigar
|
“Experimental” – Want to try, in a little more than grow-out quantity
4One Sucker
| Dark Air
|
2Harrow Velvet
| Medium Burley
|
8Jalpa
| Cigar, Nicaraguan
|
8PA Broadleaf
| Cigar
|
4Black Mammoth
| Dark Air/Fire Cure
|
9“Seed Grow Outs”
italics indicate notes I found from old commercial growing literature, not my own observations.
+ are for Deluxestogie wrapper grow out
+John Williams – Conn Broadleaf variety
; poor growth compared to other CT varieties; not commercially desirable
+Kupchonos
– Conn Broadleaf variety;
resistant to fusarian wilt but not horticulturally acceptable as a CT Broadleaf.
Samsun Maden Oriental
Prilep 2 TI-1291 Oriental
Prilep 79-94 Oriental
Prilep TI-1325 Oriental
GL-737 Flue Cure
Oxford 940 Flue Cure
Dixie Bright 27 Flue Cure
Sacred Cornplanter Rustica