CoralReefs
Suburban baccy farmer
In several places, I have seen "Ancient Tobacco Seeds" sold which are advertised as being descendents from plants grown from seeds found in a 1000 year old burial site in Vancouver. Anyone know anything about this?
I am very skeptical of this story, I searched around trying to find any references which might give some information but all I could find was websites selling it with stories that went like: "I got this from a friend of a friend....". Searching on JSTOR and other publication databases turned up nothing. For kicks, since they did not cost anymore than any other varieties, when I ordered my vegetable seeds for the year I added a packet of these ancient tobacco seeds. Only thing worth noting at this point is (I have not sown any yet) is that they are significantly larger than any other variety I have ever seen (All of which have been N. tabacum varieties).
Here is a link with some (very little) information:
http://www.saltspringseeds.com/catalog/index.cfm?categoryid=101
I bought them from a different company, I chose this link because it gives slightly more information that the one I got them from.
[Edit]
Now, if someone does have some evidence that they are in fact legit.... that would be pretty damn cool.
I am very skeptical of this story, I searched around trying to find any references which might give some information but all I could find was websites selling it with stories that went like: "I got this from a friend of a friend....". Searching on JSTOR and other publication databases turned up nothing. For kicks, since they did not cost anymore than any other varieties, when I ordered my vegetable seeds for the year I added a packet of these ancient tobacco seeds. Only thing worth noting at this point is (I have not sown any yet) is that they are significantly larger than any other variety I have ever seen (All of which have been N. tabacum varieties).
Here is a link with some (very little) information:
http://www.saltspringseeds.com/catalog/index.cfm?categoryid=101
I bought them from a different company, I chose this link because it gives slightly more information that the one I got them from.
[Edit]
Now, if someone does have some evidence that they are in fact legit.... that would be pretty damn cool.