Tobacco Plant

Friday Granpa went out and took pictures of the beautiful flowers atop the tobacco plants.  

  

That was a really good idea, because on Saturday they came along and cut off all of their heads!

  

Before:

After

I wonder if they were harvesting tobacco seeds? or extending the growing life (and therefore the number of leaves to dry and sell to manufacturers)?  or both?

To read more about the tobacco plant, check out one of our earlier posts:  http://thetravelerstwo.blogspot.com/2011/10/huron-indian-myth.html