By June or July, workers begin topping (breaking off large flowers that sprout at the tops of tobacco plants) and removing suckers (nuisance leaves that reduce the yield and quality of tobacco)
Because of the labor involved and the newness of the market, its not something you grow on a large-scale, but farmers are getting as much as double the price per pound compared to traditional tobacco, and thats very attractive. So attractive that, according to the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services spokeswoman, Dawn Eischen, in 2016, around 17 percent of the total volume of flue-cured tobacco grown in the Commonwealth was organic
Theyre so f******* good. And they have them on the plane, too
Vacuum-sealed bags Great for long-term aging but may compress the leaves too much
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