[AT] garden question; potatoes

[Al Jones]

When I was growing up in the 80s and 90s it was not unusual, in fact it was the norm for the tobacco to be all harvested by labor day.  Last year I saw tobacco  in the field way into October.  Things have definitely changed.

Al

-----Original Message-----
>From: charlie hill <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
>Sent: Jun 20, 2013 6:25 AM
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>Subject: Re: [AT] garden question; potatoes
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>Good one Ralph, no I think it's just selectively cross bred the
>old fashioned way.  Tobacco is nothing but a weed to begin with
>so it's not hard to get it to adapt.  There used to be several
>tobacco seed farms in this area back in the days when
>"tobacco was king".
>
>Charlie
>
>-----Original Message----- 
>From: Ralph Goff
>Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2013 12:52 AM
>To: Antique tractor email discussion group
>Subject: Re: [AT] garden question; potatoes
>
>On 6/19/2013 5:10 PM, charlie hill wrote:
>> Speaking of tobacco.  When I was a kid the old farmers would tell you if 
>> you
>> didn't have your tobacco out of the field by the 3rd week in August the
>> worms would
>> eat it up.  I've seen tobacco here in Oct. many times in the last 20 years
>> and I wouldn't
>> be surprised to see some in Nov. this year.  The difference is different
>> breeds of tobacco
>> and better insecticides.
>Probably genetically modified tobacco. The health nuts will freak out
>when they hear that :-)
>
>Ralph in Sask.
>>
>
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