Book - Tobacco Plant Varieties for Home Growers

[deluxestogie]

Tobacco Plant Varieties for Home Growers, by yours truly.

ISBN: 979-8-9867728-0-6
Publication date: September, 2022
Publisher: Dreamsplice
Page count: 300
Dimensions: 8½" x 11" paperback
Illustrations: many hundreds, all full color
Retail price: cost-variable. Estimate in the US is currently $35.92
Library of Congress Control Number: 2022915049

This letter-size book is a honker! The spine is ¾" thick. (Use your legs when lifting it.) Where available, each variety includes descriptions of its origin, historical use, days to maturity, plant spacing, plant height, leaf length and width, useable leaf count, nicotine, yield, and ARS-GRIN references. It also provides guidance on usage and suitable curing methods. I have made no attempt to speculate on subjective considerations, such as flavors and aromas.

This volume presents the reader with 275 named varieties of tobacco, along with photos and descriptions. It represents less than 10% of the named tobacco varieties. But 275 is a lot to choose from. Included in these pages are available representatives of each of the USDA market classes of Nicotiana tabacum: flue-cured, burley, Maryland, cigar wrapper, cigar binder, cigar filler, dark air-cured, dark fire-cured, Hungarian, Oriental and primitives. It also includes examples of Nicotiana rustica and ornamental varieties. These 275 entries exceed the number of tobacco varieties grown by most tobacco growers in an entire lifetime. This book is a portion of the material that I had regretted being unable to include in Grow Your Own Cigars. The seed for nearly every one of the included varieties is available from legitimate seed vendors.

Random page.

Most of the included information is available already, but it is scattered into many nooks and crannies of the Internet, and tedious to locate, even for experienced searchers.

The photos are from three primary sources:

• my own
• ARS-GRIN's GRIN Global database
• @skychaser's Northwood Seeds

Some voids have been filled in by scavenging the FTT forum (these include attribution).

As usual, this is a print-on-demand book. When you order one, it gets printed and bound, then shipped.

Purchase on Lulu.com: Tobacco Plant Varieties for Home Growers

The pdf version of this book (even without the covers) exceeds 1GB. So I won't be making a download available. Sorry. Print only.

The work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, PO Box 1866, Mountain View, CA 94042, USA. You may distribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), version 4.0 or later.

This book weighs about 2¼ pounds.

Bob

 

[Radagast]

Congratulations Bob!

 

[Alpine]

Thank you Bob, this wealth of information wouldn’t be available without you.
Will it be available (in the next future) on Amazon? That would make things simpler for people living outside the U.S.

pier

 

[deluxestogie]

I expect it to be available on Amazon within about 3 weeks. But I believe that lulu.com has print/distribution centers in Europe as well as the US.

Bob

EDIT: "We produce books at our print facilities across the world including locations in France, Poland, Australia, the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States and then ship the print products globally." [lulu.com]

 

[skychaser]

So I guess this means it passed the final proof reading. Congratulations. I just got started on the pdf last night and my hard copy doesn't arrive until Wednesday. Now I may have to mail it to you to be autographed. With return postage included, of course.

 

[Knucklehead]

Congratulations! The amount of work you can churn out with so many different endeavors is inspiring and astounding.

 

[deluxestogie]

it passed the final proof reading

I spent the past week proof-editing from the pdf version, and uploaded the new copy just today.

Bob

 

[Levi Gross]

I will be placing my order! Guaranteed. Your knowledge is Priceless Bob, whether directly or indirectly I have always found the answers I need through you! Congratulations on another book!!!!

 

[tullius]

Congrats on the new book. Like releasing an offspring into the wild..

 

[skychaser]

Your knowledge is Priceless Bob

I'll second that. There may be people who know more about specific areas of tobacco production, but I doubt there is anyone who has a greater overall knowledge about tobacco and all things related to it. The knowledge you have shared with us all over the years is remarkable and couldn't be found anywhere else at any price.

 

[koceff]

I know what I am getting the wife for Christmas
Congrats Bob.

 

[Homegrowngoodnes]

Congrats on birthing your new book! Boy or girl? Ha! This calls for a cigar!

 

[deluxestogie]

couldn't be found anywhere else at any price

Actually, it's all out there, somewhere. It's just tedious to locate. The book is simply bringing some of it together in one place.

Bob

 

[ChrisN]

Awesome, looking forward to getting this book. Congratulations, Bob! Great work! Thank you very much for everything, Bob!

 

[jclif43]

Congratulations, that’s awesome!

 

[Petzi]

What a gigantic job. Thank's Bob for making available all your years of research and hard work. It is always a pleasure to read your articles and comments. I am delighted to acquire this new book.

 

[FrostD]

Just ordered my copy Bob. Very excited to see, read, and re-read this book you’ve written! Always appreciative of the wealth full of knowledge your always willing to share. Not to mention the time you put into compiling the information into what can fit in two covers of a book! Can’t wait to see what you’ve got up your sleeve next!

 

[stdly]

Congratulations on the new release looks like a hit.
How do you find time to write about and grow the baccy, do you sleep.

 

[deluxestogie]

How do you find time

No TV. No games. No smart phone.

Bob

 

[SlamFire]

Bob, thank you for taking the time to bring together information from the four corners of the world. It's nice to have access to the whole picture at once - rather than the thousand bits of information scattered across the web.