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Havaud Tobacco. — This famous variety of tobacco, as i8- 

 shown in figure 13, is cousiclerecl the finest flavored for 

 cigars that is now cultivated. 



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This variety, it is stated, grows to a height of from six. 

 to nine feet, with oblong, spear-shaped leaves. The leaves 

 when young are of a dark green color, and have rather a 

 smooth appearance, changing at maturity into yellowish 

 green. This variety grows quickly, and by careful prun- 

 ing a fine colored leaf is obtained, varying fromfa straw 

 color to a dark brown or black. 



The finest is grown in Vuelta de Abajo, which for nearly 

 a century has been celebrated as a tine tobacco producing 

 district. The Havana tobacco ripens in from eight to ten 

 weeks after being transplanted. 



The stalk and leaves are not as large as the Connecticut 

 seed-leaf, but it is better in flavor. 



