Tourists' and settlers' guide to Florida . tourists and settlers guide to FLORIDA. 21 An enterprising trader brought ninety young women fromEngland to America and exchanged to the planter 120weight of female for 150 pounds of tobacco. King Jamesissued a proclamation restricting this unlawful and ob-noxious traffic. In 1570 Florida tobacco was first taken toHolland, and not until 1616 did the colonists of Virginiabegin the planting of tobacco, the seed being obtained fromwhat was then known as the Spanish Possessions—Florida. Florida tobacco was a favorite article with an extensiveforeign and d
Tourists' and settlers' guide to Florida . tourists and settlers guide to FLORIDA. 21 An enterprising trader brought ninety young women fromEngland to America and exchanged to the planter 120weight of female for 150 pounds of tobacco. King Jamesissued a proclamation restricting this unlawful and ob-noxious traffic. In 1570 Florida tobacco was first taken toHolland, and not until 1616 did the colonists of Virginiabegin the planting of tobacco, the seed being obtained fromwhat was then known as the Spanish Possessions—Florida. Florida tobacco was a favorite article with an extensiveforeign and domestic trade many years ago—in ante bclbuntimes. What was grown then commanded a high price,frequently as much as a dollar a pound. But at the closeof the war, shifting labor and the alluring price of cotton,caused a decline of the industry in those sections where ithad most flourished. About six years ago experimentsbeg-an to be made in the State, and the results have beenmagical. All tests gave iavorable indications; expertswere de
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