| Show New Burley Strains Are lire Almost Free of Wildfire New strains of burley tobacco that are almost immune to wildfire one of the most destructive diseases of the crop have been created by an agriculture department plant The strains also have a lower nicotine content This too is a major advance because nicotine in present day burley used burley used principally principal principal- ly in blended cigarettes is is higher than is desired A third point about the new plants is that they seem to be a little more vigorous in growth than other lines But it will be two or three years before grow growers rs have these plants because they must be improved anc and selected for local conditions before they are released The man who originated the new strains is Dr E. E E. E Clayton He developed developed developed de de- de- de the wildfire resistance inthe in inthe inthe the new lines from a wild species The new line was developed after a systematic study of ot several hundred hundred nun hun hun- dred wild species during the last 15 years |
