SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE SOUTHERN COLONIES SETTLEMENT AND GROWTH
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Indigo
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Rice
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Tobacco
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cotton
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Detailed explanation-1: -“Most people don’t realize what a specialty Maryland tobacco is, ” said Peter Wilby, international marketing specialist with the state Department of Agriculture. “The state of Maryland was formed by the British to grow tobacco. Maryland tobacco was king.”
Detailed explanation-2: -The number one agricultural product produced in State of Maryland is the Chicken Broiler Industry providing $1.2 billion in total agricultural production.
Detailed explanation-3: -tobacco farming Burley and Maryland strains, used for the production of light air-cured tobaccos, may be planted 81 to 91 cm (32 to 36 inches) apart or closer. Broadleaf and seed-leaf strains, including the Havana seed, Cuban, and Sumatra varieties, are used for the production of cigars; they are…
Detailed explanation-4: -Since its first commercial production at Jamestown around 1612, tobacco rapidly became the cash crop of the Chesapeake Bay region. Initial experiments at tobacco cultivation utilized local varieties but shortly thereafter South American seed replaced the native plant.