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'''Old Toby''' was one of the most notable | {{sources}} | ||
'''Old Toby''' was one of the three most notable varieties of [[pipe-weed]], grown in the region around [[Longbottom]] in [[the Shire]]'s [[Southfarthing]]. | |||
==History== | |||
The leaf took its name from the Hobbit who introduced pipe-weed to the Shire, the original "Old Toby", [[Tobold Hornblower]], who grew the first true pipe-weed in his gardens in the days of [[Isengrim Took II]] about the year [[Third Age 2670|1070]] of [[Shire-reckoning]]. | |||
How Old Toby came by the plant is not recorded, for to his dying day he would not tell. | How Old Toby came by the plant is not recorded, for to his dying day he would not tell. | ||
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Old Toby was one of the three most notable varieties of pipe-weed, grown in the region around Longbottom in the Shire's Southfarthing.
History
The leaf took its name from the Hobbit who introduced pipe-weed to the Shire, the original "Old Toby", Tobold Hornblower, who grew the first true pipe-weed in his gardens in the days of Isengrim Took II about the year 1070 of Shire-reckoning.
How Old Toby came by the plant is not recorded, for to his dying day he would not tell.
