Bob:
Whoops! I didn't mean to make the machine go tilt. I don't think you can hear me from this far away, but I did get a good laugh from your initial response.
But, On a more serious note, your response was very useful. An analogous example would be wheat, a subject I know a lot about. Modern wheat's are all one species, just different (USDA) commodity classes based on their end uses. All (modern) wheat's have 21 chromosomes, and have been manipulated for their desirable traits by man. Interestingly, in more backward parts of the world, (read: Ukraine, Africa, the Middle East) they are still growing the old varieties of wheat that have only 14 chromosomes. These guys haven't updated their genetic stock since the first hexaploid wheat's became available in 1950's.
The reason I asked the question to begin with, was that I planted 13 different types this year, and based on their morphology, there didn't seem to be any rationality as to why they were classified the way that they were. Burley, Bright Leaf, cigar filler, cigar wrapper etc. etc. My response is: Huh? What? Your explanation made this situation a whole lot clearer. Leave it to Uncle Sam to confuse the issue. Many years ago, I used to know a good - ole boy from North Carolina, and he said down south they use the phrase "Uncle Sugar." I have to take his word for it.
One thing I was able to reason out was that when a certain unnamed cigarette maker calls their brand "Turkish" that doesn't mean that the tobacco originated in Turkey. Said tobacco may have had its original breeding from Turkey, but could have been grown in any number of places.
Thanks
Wes H.
Do you like my scan of my Aquamarine crystals. These little guys are from Idaho, and have significant, (but not large) value.