A History of Burley Tobacco in East Tennessee & Western North Carolina

Type

Book

Authors

Billy Yeargin

ISBN 10

1626199604

ISBN 13

9781626199606

Tags

United States, Business, Culinary, Agriculture, State & Local, Popular Culture, Politics & Social Sciences, Tobacco, Tennessee, Farming, North Carolina

Description

Burley tobacco revolutionized the industry in east Tennessee and western North Carolina. What started from two farmers planting white burley in Greeneville ignited an agricultural revolution and significantly changed crops, production and quality. Burley transformed the tobacco industry with new cultivation techniques and a shift from dark and flue-cured tobacco. By the 1990s, burley tobacco production in the region had drastically declined, and it is a tradition that few local farmers still practice. Agricultural experts Billy Yeargin and Christopher Bickers take a nostalgic look at the historic rise of burley tobacco and its gradual decline. - from Amzon

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