ChinaVoodoo
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I searched ARS-GRIN, and found there were no tobacco from England, United Kingdom, Ireland, Wales, or Scotland. It struck me as somewhat unexpected. Did they not ever grow tobacco?
There appeared to be no unique "British" varieties of tobacco for ARS-GRIN to collect....Lord Walsingham's crop consisted of the "Pennsylvania," "Big Frederick," "Virginia," and "Connecticut"...
"...the chief reason why it is not better known to the English cultivator is, that we have laws which prohibit its culture under severe penalties. The cultivation of Tobacco in England was finally prohibited by law in 1782."
"The cultivation of Tobacco in England was first prohibited during the Commonwealth, and as an anecdote connected with this subject, it may be mentioned that Oliver Cromwell ordered upon one occasion, a troop of horse to enter into a field and trample down a Tobacco plantation ; of so much consequence while we had Colonies, was the trade with such Colonies esteemed. Now, however, as the North American States have been long since an independent Government, there appears no substantial reason for such laws as the preceding continuing in existence."
https://archive.org/details/englishtobaccocu00beal
I would not be at all surprised if those laws were still in effect. In York there is apparantly an antiquated law that one is permitted to kill any Scotsman carrying a bow and arrow.
ChinaVoodoo I see that this is written 2018 but perhaps you still want to see this:I searched ARS-GRIN, and found there were no tobacco from England, United Kingdom, Ireland, Wales, or Scotland. It struck me as somewhat unexpected. Did they not ever grow tobacco?