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Page 18
... less nicotine . There is con- siderable variation in commercial tobacco , but on average the dark , air - cured and fire- cured types contain 4 % to 42 % nicotine ; ci- gar filler and Burley contain 32 % to 4 % ; flue - cured , 22 % to ...
... less nicotine . There is con- siderable variation in commercial tobacco , but on average the dark , air - cured and fire- cured types contain 4 % to 42 % nicotine ; ci- gar filler and Burley contain 32 % to 4 % ; flue - cured , 22 % to ...
Page 201
... less rapidly , requiring a longer season . In the lower lati- tudes turnips are sown either in early spring or in late summer , developing rapidly enough to make a crop before extremes of summer or late fall weather occur . Rutabagas ...
... less rapidly , requiring a longer season . In the lower lati- tudes turnips are sown either in early spring or in late summer , developing rapidly enough to make a crop before extremes of summer or late fall weather occur . Rutabagas ...
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... less brilliant but also less selfish and more attentive to official business than his brother had been . William IV , king of Great Britain and Ireland , detail from a painting by Sir Martin Archer Shee ; in the National Portrait ...
... less brilliant but also less selfish and more attentive to official business than his brother had been . William IV , king of Great Britain and Ireland , detail from a painting by Sir Martin Archer Shee ; in the National Portrait ...
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