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Cured leaf measurements: approx. 15" x 11". No way to determine stalk level. Digging into a large box that held many rolled-up, empty ploy-nylon tobacco leaf bags, I came across a surprise hiding at the bottom. "Rabo de Gallo Negro - FmGrowit" was written in Sharpie marker on the outside...

Ancient carving found at Tiahuanaco, Bolivia. Where did the various species of tobacco come from? Some are wild, others were cultivated and traded over thousands of miles, before the European discovery of America. Nicotiana rustica, which I had always assumed was wild, is apparently a...