Show tobacco cultivated for ages though harassed by many ills and insects tobacco has been cultivated for centuries it was used in america when the spaniards arrived long before however cuban aborigines rolled the large leaves cigar fashion and smoked the them m these they called tobaccos cos later the term became tobacco tobacco seeds are first planted in hotbeds or nurseries in about six weeks the infant shrubs are moved to fields an stem often grows six feet high leaves sometimes times are two feet beet long when the foliage begins to turn the plants are cut usually near the base |