- This cross from wild tobacco with two popular American tobacco varieties, Hicks Broadleaf tobacco and Virginia 115 tobacco produced a plant that was a high-yielding, high-nicotine cultivar that was widely adopted by growers.
~70-80 Days from transplant to maturity. Nicotiana tabacum. Delgold Tobacco Seeds. Non-GMO, annual, open-pollinated, heirloom. Suitable for growing in fields, containers, garden plots, raised beds, and greenhouses. Resistant to deer. Delgold is a straightforward and hearty flue-cured variety, developed in Canada in the 1980s by crossing a wild Nicotiana rustica (known as Babor) with Hicks Broadleaf and Virginia 115. The result is a high-yielding plant with a bold nicotine level. —offering dependable performance in both home and commercial settings. Delgold tobacco is still considered one of the better-yielding flue-cured varieties available on the market today. Extremely tiny seeds: ~ 500,000 seeds/oz.