DATE:     6/19/96
CONTACT:  Dr. DeWitt Gooden, (803) 662-3526
WRITER:   Tom Lollis, (803) 284-3343

Tobacco Tour Set
For July 10-11

     FLORENCE -- The 1996 Clemson University Tobacco Tour is set
for July 10-11, beginning at the Pee Dee Research and Education
Center near Florence.
     Registration begins at 2 p.m. July 10 at the tobacco
facility in the rear of the Pee Dee REC, according to DeWitt
Gooden, Clemson University Extension Service tobacco specialist.
     Tour participants will view one S.C. Regional Variety Test
on the 10th and another on the 11th.
     "On July 11 we will view both agronomic and disease tests,
several of which show excellent results," says Gooden.
     Disease stops will concentrate on black shank, Granville
wilt and nematodes.  Agronomic stops will include sucker control,
starter fertilizer, fertilizer management, harvest management and
herbicide tests.
     "We will also get a look at CU263, the insect resistant
tobacco variety," says Gooden.
     Dinner will be served Wednesday evening at the Pee Dee REC. 
The tour resumes the following morning at 8 a.m. from the flag
pole at the main office of the Pee Dee REC.  To reach the Pee Dee
REC take the TV Road exit off Interstate 95 and follow the signs.
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