Table 2.-Comparison of Florida 20 with three cigar-wrapper
 (Variety Test, North Florida Experiment Station).


tobacco varieties for yield and quality, 1966-67.


 Yieldl/ No. 1 String XL-1 LC-1 LC-2 Medium Filler Grade Crop
 (Lbs./A.) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%) Index!/ Index!/

1966
 Florida 20 1442 49.5 11.9 9.3 3.3 4.6 4.6 .738 1065
 Florida 15 1648 44.3 17.0 8.5 7.4 6.9 3.8 .707 1167
 Dixie Shade L-4 1401 41.1 17.1 3.6 10.1 3.5 7.7 .665 939
 No. 63 1467 44.5 17.5 9.3 7.4 2.9 5.0 .706 1034
 L.S.D. (.05) 160 N.S. 4.3 5.4 5.7 N.S. 3.1 .048 128

1967
 Florida 20 1859 72.3 12.9 1.1 2.7 2.7 1.9 .841 1563
 Florida 15 2031 67.0 11.7 1.2 2.7 7.9 1.0 .822 1670
 Dixie Shade L-4 1813 59.0 14.8 0.5 1.0 6.6 2.4 .766 1388
 No. 63 1938 60.7 18.4 1.4 4.7 2.4 2.5 .775 1501
 L.S.D. (.05) 162 9.0 3.4 N.S. 2.5 3.8 N.S. .060 155

Average
 Florida 20 1651 60.9 12.4 5.2 3.0 3.7 3.3 .790 1314
 Florida 15 1840 55.7 14.4 4.9 5.1 7.4 2.4 .765 1419
 Dixie Shade L-4 1607 50.1 16.0 2.1 5.6 5.1 5.1 .716 1164
 No. 63 1703 52.6 18.0 5.4 6.1 2.7 3.8 .741 1268

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2 Yield based on harvest of all commercially usable leaves.
-/Grade Index Computed by applying to the grade records a scale of
 best grade and decreasing for the inferior grades.
3/Crop Index Computed by multiplying the yield by the grade index.


comparative values, beginning with 1.000 for the