Glessner
Nicotiana tabacum L
[ Approximately 100 seeds per packet ]
'Glessner', also known as 'Glessner Pennsylvania Seed Leaf' and sometimes sold by vendors incorrectly spelled as "Glessnor," its plants are attractive and produce large leaves with a fine, soft texture remaining elasticity after curing making it useful for cigar
wrappers. It was also grown for use as cigar
filler and
binder as well.
'Glessner' is a very old variety, pre-dating the 1880s, and originating in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It was, ". . .
held in very high repute and is probably more grown throughout the section than any other."
[2] Offered by Henry A. Dreer and Company of Philadelphia, they described it in 1883 as follows"
"The most noted selection grown in Lancaster county. It has a larger and finer leaf than the Connecticut, of a chestnut brown color, also producing a greater crop of handsome foliage."[4]
Historically grown in the tobacco producing regions of grown in Pennsylvania New York and Wisconsin.
[1] Our seed originated from USDA accession number PI 552642 and is grown for us by
David Pendergrass from Tennessee.
