Southern Beauty is an heirloom bright leaf which is quick and vigorous grower to over 6 feet.
Leaves are light in color and grow to 30″ long and 16″ wide. Matures in 55 days and gives very good yields.
Air cures to a golden yellow.
Used for cigarettes and pipes.
Yellow Pryor a heirloom bright leaf variety used in both cigarette and pipe blends.
It grows to over 4 feet in height with little suckering. It is a very good producer maturing in only 50-55 days.
Leaves air cure to a light brown.
Used for cigarettes and pipes.
A heirloom Maryland type tobacco. A very good producer with sharp pointed leaves growing to over 30 inches long and 16 inches wide. Air cures easily to a rich reddish brown color.
A medium flavored smoke which is excellent for cigarettes, alone, or as a blend. Also used in cigars and pipe tobaccos.
Matures in 60-65 days. Although some growers have reported heavy suckering with Catterton, ours have produced nearly none. This variety is one of our personal favorites.
Used for cigarettes, cigars and pipes.
Green Brior is a full flavored heavy producing Burley that is a long time favorite of growers.
It reaches a height of 6 feet, with light green leaves 24″ long by 14″ wide. Low suckering and matures in approximately 70 days.
Used for cigarettes.
Aztec Rustica is native to Central and South America. It grows to 30 inches high with abundant bright yellow flowers that are very attractive to bees and humming birds. Flowering lasts up to two months.
Leaves air cure to a medium to dark brown and produce a very mild flavored smoke.
Like many other Rusticas, this one is very high in nicotine and should not be smoked alone. Used also for making insecticide
Grows well in cool climates and tolerates frost.
Used for cigarettes, cigars and pipes.
Our tobacco seeds are listed under 3 main headings;
cigar tobacco and
This is a white stemmed heirloom Burley that grows 5-6 feet in height.
It produces few suckers and its pyramidal plant form with closely spaced leaves give it good wind resistance.
The leaves are up to 30 inches long, turn a light yellow when ripe and are easy to cure.
Matures in 60-65 days.
Silk Leaf is an old heirloom Virginian variety which has regained popularity among growers in recent years.
It grows to 6 feet in height and is a good producer of leaves averaging 20″ inches long by 12″ wide.
Matures in 65-70 days.
Used mainly as a cigarette tobacco for its mild flavor, or as a pipe blend.
Hickory Pryor is an heirloom Virginia type tobacco.
It produces very large leaves and heavy over all yields that rival modern day hybrids.
It matures in 65-70 days. The leaves air cure to a medium golden brown. I
t’s mild smoke and flavor make it an excellent choice for cigarette or pipe blends.
Goose Creek Red is named after a small river that runs into the Charleston Harbor.
This dark Virginian type tobacco is air cures to a deep reddish brown color and makes an excellent pipe or full flavored cigarette blend. It has a silky feel, making it ideal as a wrapper for cigars.
Grows to about 6 feet in height and matures in 65 days.