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have a select time for cutting aud c-uiiug, vvliich rarely haj)- 

 pens in our latitude. In short, we have six weeks margin 

 to cut and cure our tobacco, and you have ten weeks certain. 



There was a time in our tobacco industry, dating only a 

 few years back, that no part of our country could raise to- 

 bacco worth anything, but North C'arolina and Virginia, the 

 home of its first commercial culture ; but it has been fully 

 demonstrated that this is a mistake. It is in your power to 

 make the very best type of cigar filler, binder iind wrapper, 

 and in these grades you will have a world-wide outlet. 



Below find description and comments on your types. 



Gold Finder. Coarse leaf, worth eleven to twelve cents 

 per pound. 



Conqueror. Very good quality, worth twelve to fourteen 

 cents per pound. 



Conistock Spanl.sli. A fair cigar filler, not large enough 

 for wrappers; some of it large enough for binders. 



Hi(V(i)ia Seed Leaf. Very good binder and common filler, 

 but the laterals or veins too coarse for perfect coml)Ustion. 



Coitnecficut Sn'd Lvaf. Too heavy for wrapper, will make 

 fair filler and possibly a binder. 



Vuelta deAhajo. A very good filler, but a fraction too rich 

 in body for a mild smoke. 



Pure Havana. The best of all the cigar types, only needs 

 a little to make it perfect for wra})per, binder and filler. 

 This is the kind to direct your energies to ; you can supplant 

 the genuine Havana in this country, if you will direct your 

 attention to this kind. 



Hester. Leaf and texture all right. 



Yelloic Pryor. Good body, and texture all right. 



White Stem Orinoco. Very fair goods. 



Long Leaf Goocli. Fair stemmer for the English market. 



Yellow Orinoco. A good stemmer for English export, but 

 rather coarse. • 



Burley. Fair quality, worth from eight to ten cents per 

 pound. 



