SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE SOUTHERN COLONIES SETTLEMENT AND GROWTH
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corn
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wheat
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tobacco
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broccoli
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Detailed explanation-1: -Relatively cheap labor, a growing population of middling planters, the increasing worldwide demand for tobacco, and a system of regulation designed to maintain the quality of the product all contributed to the creation of a tobacco industry in Virginia, especially in the Piedmont area.
Detailed explanation-2: -Tobacco is grown under a wide range of climates but requires a frost-free period of 90 to 120 days from transplanting to last harvest of leaves. Optimum mean daily temperature for growth is between 20 and 30°C. A dry period is required for ripening and harvest of the leaves.
Detailed explanation-3: -Virginia ranked as the state with the third largest number of acres of harvested tobacco in the United States in 2021. Most of Virginia’s crop is grown in the counties along the North Carolina border.
Detailed explanation-4: -Production is concentrated in Pittsylvania, Franklin, Halifax, Mecklenburg, Brunswick, Charlotte, and Lunenburg counties. Virginia fire-cured tobacco is produced on heavier textured soils in the Piedmont region.