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adapted to use as wrappers, the coarser leaves being used very accept- 

 ably as fillers. Another variety, medium in size, introduced since the 

 war, highly aromatic, even somewhat pungent, makes a strong cigar. 



There are different varieties in Tennessee, as the White Stem, Big 

 Stem, Big and Little Frederick, Blue and Yellow Pryor, Orinoco, yet when 

 grown several years they appear to assimilate in quality and appear- 

 ance. Much of it is cured a red or mahogany color, and finds a large 

 sale in European markets. 



Kentucky, the tobacco-field of America, has many varieties. That 

 grown in Christian, Trigg, Todd, Logan, and in Stewart, Montgomery, 

 and Robinson, in Tennessee — known to the trade as the Clarksville dis- 

 trict, though Hopkinsville is now a rival point for the traffic — has a 

 heavy body and is well adapted to the export trade ; it is largely used 

 in Germany, Austria, and the north of Europe, though a i)ortion is sent 

 to Mexico and the coast of Africa. It has no competition in the West, 

 and is only approximated on the manured lands of Virginia. The soil 

 on which it is grown is limestone, with a deep-red clay subsoil. Its 

 peculiar mode of curing contributes largely to its recognized character- 

 istics. It is cured in close barns in the course of two or three days' 

 heavy firing, which gives greater body than the air-cure. The White Bur- 

 ley is a favorite in many counties, among which are Bracken, Fleming, 

 Pendleton, Grant, Shelby, Trimble, Kenton, and others. This is cured 

 of a bright-yellow color, and is used for cutting into "fine-cut," and 

 sometimes for wrappers. Old laud, well manured and cultivated, will 

 yield a heavy shipping tobacco from almost any variety; and a red or 

 black oak soil will make a bright wrapper from the same varieties. 

 Fleming County is working exclusively for the cutting trade. Good 

 chewing grades are made from the Yellow Pryor and the Long Green in 

 Hardin ; and the Pryor is also the favorite variety in Hart, in Muhlen- 

 burgh, and in Adair. The Little Frederick is most grown in Clinton. 

 The one-sucker variety, producing only one sucker to the leaf, is favor- 

 ably regarded in Adair, Clinton, Hart, and other counties. Cumberland 

 produced good shipping leaf; Hickman grows shipping grades used 

 largely in plug-tobacco; that of Hopkins is manufacturing and ship- 

 ping, and about one-fourth of the crop is made into strips; and ship- 

 ping leaf is prominent in Logan, sought by English and French buyers, 

 for wrapping and manufacturing purposes. There are many other names 

 of assumed varieties, but the above are among the best known. 



The leading variety in Montgomery, Ohio, the Baltimore Cuba, is 

 from seed sent out by this Department. It has a long and broad leaf, 

 and when properly cured makes good wrappers. " This seed has been 

 worth millions to the county," says our correspondent. The white 

 tobacco, grown in Adams County, is used for wrappers and fine-cut. 

 The Monroe crop is similar to the Maryland tobacco, and goes to Europe 

 for smokiug-tobacco. It is used to some extent in the manufacture of 

 cigars. The Connecticut seed leaf and the Kentucky are the best varie- 

 ties in Vinton. In Spencer, Indiana, the Pryor is grown for fillers and 

 black wrappers, and the White Stem and Twist-bud are shipping leaf sorts. 

 TheWhite Burley and Yellow Pryor are favorite varietiesin Edmunds, Illi- 

 nois ; in Johnson, three kinds are grown, the Pryor, the Big Shoe-string, 

 and Big White Stem, the two latteryielding most; that grown in Southern 

 Illinois is mainly used for fillers and wrappers and in the cutting-trade. 

 The Crown-leaf, in Eock County, Wisconsin, is exported, though choice 

 lots are taken at home for wrappers and binders for cigars. The Yellow 

 Pryor appears to be largely grown in Missouri for the shipping-trade. 

 The Little Frederick, Twist-bud, Long Green, and Fine Small are other 



