来凤晒红烟栽培历史悠久。据清朝同治年间即公元1867年编纂的《来凤县志》记栽,“草烟或作烟,花白色微红,叶凡数层,顶上日顶烟,气香味厚,次腰烟,次脚烟,气味递降,业此者作畦下种,移苗分插,均有法度,邑产极多,田土皆宜。”这说明来凤晒红烟至少已有120年的历史,而且当时的育苗、移栽及烟叶部位的划分与现在也十分相近。50年代初,来凤县晒红烟种植面积4500～5600亩,年产量5162～8560担。但由于当时晒烟生产未纳入计划,生产处于停滞状态,1953年后,种植面积逐年减少,到1981年全县仅种 Laifeng sun red tobacco cultivation has a long history. According to the Qing Dynasty Tongzhi years AD 1867 compilation of “Laifeng County,” recorded in mind, “grass smoke or tobacco, flowers reddish red, Ye Fan several layers, the top of the Japanese top smoke, gas flavor thick, secondary waist smoke, times Foot smoke, the smell declining, the industry for the next species of seedlings, Miao Miao sub-inserted, have the law, Eupacra very much, fields are suitable. ”This shows the Phoenix sun has at least 120 years of history, and at that time The nursery, transplanting and tobacco parts of the division and now are very similar. In the early 1950s, Laifeng County sun red tobacco planting area of ​​4500 ~ 5600 mu, the annual output of 5162 ~ 8560 Tam. However, since the production of tobacco was not included in the plan at that time, production was at a standstill. After 1953, the area under cultivation decreased year by year, and by 1981 only