This, however, is not common, and was done by very close management, and on a warm soil.
All the tobacco growers with whom I spoke assert that they are not troubled with that hideous creature, "the worm." They attribute this in part to the excellence of their soil, and partly to the abundance of birds and yellow jackets.

They do not "worm" their crop, it seems, which must give them an enviable advantage over Eastern growers.
They do not always "top" the Havana, and they do very little "suckering." If the ground is clean, they let the suckers from the root grow, and these become as large and heavy as the original plant.

They believe that the soil is strong enough to bear the plants and suckers, and that they get a better leaf and finer quality without suckering.
The planting is continued from April until the latter part of July, so as to let the crop come in gradually; the last planting may be caught by an early frost, but whatever they plant before the 1st of July is safe in any season.

Cutting begins about the 4th of June, and this year they were cutting still on the 19th of October.

The earlier cut plants sprout again at once, and mature a second and even a third crop.