It was named after the hily fields where it was grown on the south side of Bree-hill. Popular Shire-hobbit varieties of pipe-weed soon included Longbottom Leaf, Old Toby (named after Tobold Hornblower and revered by Bilbo Baggins) and Southern Star, all grown in the Southfarthing.Ī lower quality strain of pipe-weed called the Southlinch was used in the town of Bree. The colloquial name was in reference to its origins: it was apparently brought to Middle-earth by the Númenóreans in the Second Age. In Gondor, it was known as Westman's-weed, and grew there as a wild plant, appreciated most for its sweet-scented flowers. The same plant was known among the Dúnedain as S weet Galenas for its fragrance. Pipe-weed production became a major industry in the Shire, especially in the Southfarthing. Despite its foreign origins, the hobbits were the first to use it for smoking. It was first grown in the Shire by Tobold Hornblower in Longbottom around SR 1070 (the year 2670 of the Third Age).
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