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varieties of tobacco as there are varieties of cabbage, each' 

 section favoring a particular kind. 



It may, however, be said of the varieties most generally 

 grown in America, that the Kentucky, Virginia and Mary- 

 land are employed for chewing, pipe and cigarette smok- 

 ing, while the Connecticut seed leaf and Havana are most 

 in use for tillers and wrappers in the manufacture of cigars. 



Tobacco is now cultivated through a wider range of 

 temperature than any other tropical plant, and whether 

 grown amid the plains of South America, or in the rich 

 valleys of South side A'irginia, or as far north as Connecti- 

 cut, develop its tinest form and perfection of leaf. 



During the last half century the plant has been devel- 

 oped to a greater extent than during the three hundred 

 years succeeding its discovery. Its cultivation and manage- 

 ment have been reduced to an approach to an exact science, 

 and the quality of the leaf is, in a great measure, within 

 the control of the growers of the plant; until (^uite 

 recently it was supposed that the varieties that grew in 

 the tropics could not be cultivated with success in the 

 temperate regions, but recent experiments have demon- 

 strated the fact that the tobacco of Cuba can be grown 

 with success in many parts of the United States. The to- 

 bacco raised in the tropics is the finest in flavor, while the 

 more temperate regions produce the flnest and best colored 



leaf. 



The tobacco of the tropics, as to the uses to which it is 

 put, is limited, while the tobacco of the more temperate 

 regions can be used for all the purposes for which the 

 plant is needed. 



Formerly but little attention was paid to the color and 

 texture of the leaf, the principal object being the produc- 

 tion of a leaf of large size^ rather than one of good color 

 and of silky texture. Xow, these are most important con- 

 ditions, and give value to the tobacco in proportian. ta tha 

 pertection of these qualities. 



