They were integral to the success of the area in exporting its tobacco crop.
According to Pravda, the problem starts with the tobacco crop itself.
Soils are rich enough to support a commercial tobacco crop.
In 1852, when he was 16, frost killed the family's tobacco crop.
"He couldn't wait to get back home and put out a tobacco crop."
They talked about blue mold on their tobacco crop.
The other concern for Henley was the state's tobacco crop.
It comes up out of Mexico each year and contaminates the domestic tobacco crop.
The storm also caused power outages and damage to the tobacco crop.
There, heavy damage to the tobacco crop was seen.