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These varieties, still cultivated in a primitive manner, may have value for hybridizing with Burley and Virginia tobaccos. In Venezuela the leaves are manufactured into cigars or are extracted to produce the masticatories known as “chimo” and “tobacco rope”.
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During the past year the author was employed in Venezuela by the Ministerio de Agricultura y Cri'a, collaborating with the Compañia Anónima Cigarrera Bigott, Sucs., and the Compañia Anónima Venezolana de Tabaco. To the many persons in each organization the author is deeply grateful for their help, especially to Dr. Clifford H. Meredith, Jefe del Departamento de Fitopatologiá.
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Wolf, F.A. Production, in Venezuela, of indigenous varieties of tobacco. Econ Bot 3, 132–139 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02859513
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