Spray Plantation, Near the St. Mary's River, Maryland, l661

 Tobacco leaves cure in the tobacco house.
A hogshead sits just inside the door.
 Curing Tobacco

     When the plants are fully grown in September, the stalks are cut close to the ground. They are speared onto sharp sticks and hung in a barn, called a tobacco house, to dry or cure for about six weeks.


 Curing tobacco leaves

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Sue Freienmuth for Montgomery County Public Schools, MD, Oct. 25, 2000