I will grow some white burley
No such thing as "White Burley" anymore, unless you are in to the marketing hype from the pipe tobacco companies.
I will grow some white burley
The "original" white burley was completly white. Over the years the specific mutated strain was lost. What is left are white stemmed and green stemmed burley's. Today, tobacco marketers (mostly the pipe crowd) will claim they have white burley when in fact they really have white stemmed burley. I've even seen them reference the discovery in 1864 in Ohio of white burley, as if what the are selling is the same.So what are white stemmed called now? They have white stems so? Or am I lost in marketing hype, is white burley diff to green burley? Is that not a plant but a smoking term? I always thaught the colours were indicative veign colour. Please clear it up for me.
That would be awsome to have the seed from that plant to try out. Just to see if the next strain came out white.The "original" white burley was completly white. Over the years the specific mutated strain was lost. What is left are white stemmed and green stemmed burley's. Today, tobacco marketers (mostly the pipe crowd) will claim they have white burley when in fact they really have white stemmed burley. I've even seen them reference the discovery in 1864 in Ohio of white burley, as if what the are selling is the same.
I did not want to mention it.. I was going to wait until this summer but I'll go ahead and say something now.. Last summer I was driving in Amish land like I usually do on a weekly basis. In one of the fields I distinctly saw two burley plants that were completey white. I rode by that farm several times and kept thinking I was going to stop by and ask the farmer if I could bag those particular plants. This summer I will be on a mission to see if I can find any mutated burley. This time I will talk to the farmer about bagging the plants for me
I've read that as well. When I can figure out how to find BigBonner (Larry - I've gathered from reading on here) and buy some seed/lings; I will grow some white burley on a patch of ground that I've already put composted molasses and dried molasses. I don't know if that will help the fermentation process or speed of of it but it's worth a try. Sure will be a lot of activity below ground surface though!
That old saw is based on the pre-Mendelian myth evident in all the 19th century and early 20th century tobacco literature. In terms of probability of cross-pollination, if a single variety of tobacco is all that is planted within a range of ~1 mile, then obtaining seed from open-pollinated plants at the center of the grow can safely be assumed to be pure. This is also how major CT Shade growers obtain seed in Connecticut (enhanced by partial exclusion of insects by their expansive shade structures)....the stated claim that "All tobacco planted there converts to perique", I would say no, they don't bag the seed heads.
Oldbear
Orinoco, the prototypical flue-cure type that became know as "Virginia" tobacco, originated in the tropical region of the Orinoco river, in today's Venezuela....a sub-tropical environment...
I am quite sure it won't have the same taste. Kind of like cdn Virginia has a taste on its own due to the soil. Or like our strawberry's our taste better. The article is still there read it and appreciate the real thing and get the real thing.I am one of those Purists. If I get perique its the real thing. Its kind of like coke Ain't nothing like the real thing baby.
I am quite sure it won't have the same taste. Kind of like cdn Virginia has a taste on its own due to the soil. Or like our strawberry's our taste better. The article is still there read it and appreciate the real thing and get the real thing.