Bonanza Tobacco

[taxedenuf]

Has anybody here grown this variety from New Hope Seed and thoughts on it?

 

[FmGrowit]

Hey, look what the cat drug in. Welcome back stranger.

Never heard of Bonanza, but it's in the GRIN data base.

 

[Knucklehead]

Heirloom variety introduced post 1880. donated to GRIN 1961. A cross between a Burley and Yellow Orinoco flue cure with characteristics of both parents. It sounds interesting. Add a little oriental and you have a cigarette blend.

 

[taxedenuf]

Thanks Don ole buddy.

I've been hibernating the last couple months but woke up too early. We got a couple of 10-20 below nights ahead. This is getting very old.

Seems like an interesting plant to try has Knucks stated.

Mark in Wi

 

[DGBAMA]

Could potentially be a huge difference in finished baccy, depending on curing method.

(Knucks.........only 17 more posts and you hit 5k!)

 

[Jitterbugdude]

. A cross between a Burley and Yellow Orinoco flue cure with characteristics of both parents.

I wonder how this would best be cured? Air cured like a Burley or Flue cured? I didn't look at the GRIN data but if this has a fair amount of sugars, then I guess flue cured would fit the bill.

 

[leverhead]

I wonder how this would best be cured? Air cured like a Burley or Flue cured? I didn't look at the GRIN data but if this has a fair amount of sugars, then I guess flue cured would fit the bill.

Maybe even Sun-cured, it might leave it somewhere in between. I sun-cured a little Southern Beauty this year, if it hadn't been all upstalk, it would have made a nice cigarette all by itself.

 

[Brown Thumb]

I think Chillardbee grew it last year. He sent me some seed and I will be growing it this year.
I read it is a flue cure type. I will be flue curing mine this year.

 

[Hasse SWE]

I have collected info about it. Found some good sites share with me one of them:
http://westseedfarm.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=94&products_id=390

 

[Markw]

I will be growing it this year Mark it sounds an interesting plant. may be CB could jump in and tell us what he thinks.

 

[taxedenuf]

It would be cool if Will would chime in on this. Lookin at Hasssw picks there seems to a very pronounced white stem on the young plant. That will cure perfect in my solar converted woodshed.
How you doin otherwise?

Freezin in Wi
Mark

 

[holyRYO]

A cross between a Burley and Yellow Orinoco flue cure

The other day, I happen to be trying to find out what Bonanza was. All I could find is that it was a "farmer selection" flue cured tobacco. I take "farmer selection" to mean they really don't know the pedigree.

It's interesting to see that burley and/or cigar leaf is part of the pedigree of many flue cured tobaccos, more varieties with than not.

 

[Hasse SWE]

Nice to see more than I looked at this remarkable variety, think it will make a nice snus in my case. Let's hope we get good growing year and that we can disclose more about the variety of one year.

 

[JessicaNicot]

i can tell you Bonanza isn't a farmer selection, per se. it was one of the very first varieties released by the Oxford tobacco station (either late 1920s or early 30s-- i'll have to check). small quantities of seed were being given out to farmers (along with Cash, Jamaica and White Stem Orinoco) because the stuff most of them had was terrible and tobacco farmers were really struggling at that time.

there are a couple of "bonanzas" listed in GRIN. only one of them is supposedly the original variety (PI 552300). the others were accessions obtained during expeditions that the local farmers said were Bonanza, but there was no way to verify their stories at that time. however, if someone would like to do a comparative grow of all the Bonanzas, i'd love to see your results.

 

[rustycase]

I'll nominate Mark to do a comparative grow of Bonanzas!

rc

 

[Markw]

It would be cool if Will would chime in on this. Lookin at Hasssw picks there seems to a very pronounced white stem on the young plant. That will cure perfect in my solar converted woodshed.
How you doin otherwise?

Freezin in Wi
Mark

HI Mark Love the sound of the converted wood shed. I hope that your knee is better, still struggling with the weather over here now. but still love growing thetobacco. Thanks for sending me the seeds on my first year. I am now totally hooked now Lol