apooke

Updated: May 21, 2025

Some of the colonists were probably acquainted with tobacco before they landed at Jamestown and found the Indians cultivating and using it under the name of uppowoc or apooke. However, it was not until 1612 that its cultivation began among the English settlers, even in small patches. Previously their attention had been centered entirely on products that could be used for food.

G. Melvin Herndon - Tobacco in Colonial Virginia: "The Sovereign Remedy"