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Raymond Stadelman, Agricultural Explorer for the USDA Article from the New York Post, Feb. 1, 1937. This is a collection of snippets from the activities of one of the USDA's agricultural specialists, who were sent across the globe during the 1930s. This sort of primary source history is...

This is a list of every variety ever held at the USDA. The first one was collected in 1898 and no longer held in the collection, but the historic data has been preserved. There are a lot of duplicates of the same name, but different data for each. There is still no listing for Monte Calme...

Shirazi: a morphological discussion Shirazi, classed as an Oriental tobacco, is named for the southwestern Iranian city of Shiraz. Although it has pink blossoms, its leaf shape is unlike any other Oriental that I have seen. A search of the Internet, GRIN, the Nicotiana Project (Doug...