Raw TN 86 Burley Tobacco Seed Sample

Seed

Seed variety developed by Dr. Robert Miller, Professor of Plant and Soil Science at the University of Kentucky and Research Professor of Plant Sciences at the University of Tennessee. Seeds packaged by Workman Tobacco Seed, Inc., of Murray, Kentucky.

Not on exhibit to the public.

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Dr. Robert Miller.

on front of card: BURLEY TOBACCO / The Mighty Mite - Tobacco Seed / The tiny size of the tobacco seed is seen in the / attached sample. There are 450,000 seeds in an / ounce. A teaspoonful will grow enough seedlings / to set 1/2 to 1 acre when properly seeded. / A tobacco seed produces a plant about / 20,000,000 times its own weight within a period / of six months. About 300 man-hours are required / to handle one acre of burley tobacco. / The estimated meaning of the tobacco industry / to the national economy: [...] on back of card: BURLEY TOBACCO - 100 YEARS OLD / [...] / F.W. / RICKARD / SEEDS / WINCHESTER, KY.