The district of Sarishaban produces on the average about 2,000,000 lb. annually, but the crop of 1871 reached 2,800,000 lb. About ⅞ is as _bashi-baghli_. That grown on the plain and hills is termed _ghynbek_, and forms the bulk; that from the slopes, about 500,000 lb. a year, is the best, and is known as _ghubek_. All is packed up in small _boghchas_ (parcels), of 30–50 lb., which are distinguished as _béyaz_, from the white cotton wrappers used for the best sort, and _kenavir_, from the canvas coverings of the inferior kinds. The best goes to Constantinople, secondary to Smyrna and other home markets, and the worst to Europe. The district of Yenidji, near the Gulf of Lagos, affords some 3,500,000 lb. per annum, chiefly as _bassma_, and bearing a very general resemblance to the produce of Sarishaban. The best goes to Constantinople and Russia. Ghiumirgina (Ghumurdjina, or Komuldsina) grows about 300,000 lb. yearly of dark-coloured _bassma_, of the _Drama_ class, which is used locally; and Sultan-Yeri gives 400,000 lb. of still darker _bashi-baghli_. The produce of these districts is shipped at Lagos (Karagatch) or Cavalla. The most delicate and valued of all the tobaccos raised in this portion of European Turkey is the celebrated “golden leaf” from the caza of Yenidji, on the Yardar (Nestus) river. After it, in declining order, come the products of Drama, Persoccian, Sarishaban, Cavalla, and Pravista. Of the whole Drama and Yenidji produce, it is estimated that Austro-Hungary takes 40 per cent. Italy buys annually about 150,000–200,000 _kilo._ France, Germany, and Switzerland receive very little. Russia is a large customer. Before the war, considerable quantities were sent to the countries on the Lower Danube. England imports every year some 10,000 bales, or 400,000 _okes_ (of 2·83 lb.) of Pravista tobacco. The _refusa_, or waste leaves, &c., is sent everywhere for making into cigarettes, most largely perhaps to Egypt. A kind of tobacco known as _ayiasoulouk_ is grown in considerable quantities in the opium districts, almost exclusively for export to Europe, the natives having a strong prejudice against it. The necessity for manuring is well understood by the Turks. They dress the seed-beds with goat- and sheep-dung, and manure the fields during winter with horse- and cattle-dung. In the spring, sheep and goats are folded on the land. The soil of tobacco lands will be found quite impregnated with, ammonia and nitrate of potash, both absorbed by the plant; the former is thought to influence the aroma, and the latter may be seen in crystals on the surface of the dried leaf. In order to keep the leaves small and delicate, the planting is performed very close, the usual distances being 5 inches apart, and 9 inches between the rows.