BrandonP
Cigar King Scottsdale
We recently got back from a trip to the DR for a tour of the Davidoff factory and fields and I wanted to share some of the pics we got while we were there. We are still sorting through a lot but here are some of the good ones so far. I will update the post as we get through more of them. I also did a full write-up discussing the pictures you see here on our blog, which can be seen by clicking here.
The entrance to Henke Kelner's fields, which he was quick to point out are really his wives. We laughed quite a bit at the one.
The man himself, Henke Kelner,
Henke explaining to us when you know when the leaves are ready to be plucked from the plant.
Me walking through the fields "talking and loving" the leaves as Henke told us to do. I had to find just the right leaf to take off the plant!
The leaves after they have been strung and hung from bamboo stalks in the curing barn.
A closer picture of the leaves curing in the barn.
Henke explaining the curing process to us.
The lead farmer explaining the cross-pollination process to produce the right seeds from the tobacco flowers.
Tobacco flowers specially grown to pollinate and produce the tobacco crops.
Henke holding a sprout that is ready to be transferred to the field for full growth.
A worker transferring the sprouts to a larger holding pen to grow further before being taken into the fields.
One of my favorite pics, a field worker taking a quick break before continuing in the harvesting of the leaves.
The entrance to Henke Kelner's fields, which he was quick to point out are really his wives. We laughed quite a bit at the one.
The man himself, Henke Kelner,
Henke explaining to us when you know when the leaves are ready to be plucked from the plant.
Me walking through the fields "talking and loving" the leaves as Henke told us to do. I had to find just the right leaf to take off the plant!
The leaves after they have been strung and hung from bamboo stalks in the curing barn.
A closer picture of the leaves curing in the barn.
Henke explaining the curing process to us.
The lead farmer explaining the cross-pollination process to produce the right seeds from the tobacco flowers.
Tobacco flowers specially grown to pollinate and produce the tobacco crops.
Henke holding a sprout that is ready to be transferred to the field for full growth.
A worker transferring the sprouts to a larger holding pen to grow further before being taken into the fields.
One of my favorite pics, a field worker taking a quick break before continuing in the harvesting of the leaves.
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