Connecticut

Securing The Netting

This is the cloth that covers hundreds of acres of growing shade tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) in my howmtown, oldest in Connecticut (1633).

By Yankee Magazine|Sep 30 2012| Print icon

Three people adjusting a large transparent cover over young plants in a greenhouse.

Photo Credit: Leonard Hellerman

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