VARIETIES OF THE PLANT. 41 



highly prized for dark cigar wrappers. New York, Illi- 

 nois, Wisconsin. 



SUMATRA SEED. Newest of all varieties of cigar 

 leaf. Grown in Florida, from seed imported from Su- 

 matra. Leaf light in weight and color; not long, com- 

 pared to other seedleaf, and much narrower, with fine 

 ribs. Promises to be very popular with cigar manufac- 

 turers. See article on Tobacco in Florida, also Plates 

 V and VI. 



THICKSET. Leaf long, pointed, narrow, coarse 

 fiber'; very short stalk, coarse and heavy ; common plug- 

 work and shipping. Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland, 

 West Virginia, Tennessee, eastern Ohio. 



TWIST BUD. Heavy, large leaf, screw-shaped, ter- 

 minal stem ; export mainly, also plug fillers. Kentucky, 

 Missouri, Maryland. 



VALLANDIGHAM. Large, pointed, smooth leaf ; 

 cigar wrappers and fillers, smokers. Wisconsin. 



WAND. Another name for Lacks, which see. 



WHITE STEM ORINOCO. Leaf long, slender, droop- 

 ing, tough and fibrous, largest leaf grown ; yellow plug 

 wrappers, strips and shipping leaf. Virginia and North 

 Carolina. 



WILLIAMS. Same as Beat-All. Grown in Tennes- 

 see for twenty-five years as Williams ; British and Ger- 

 man export. Tennessee. 



WILSON'S HYBRID. Said to be an improved Ha- 

 vana. Erect habit, easy of cultivation ; cigar wrappers, 

 binders and fillers. Grown very generally in New York. 

 "Little Spanish," and "Corn-Cross Havana," are varie- 

 ties of this type that have a local popularity. 



YELLOW MAMMOTH. Very large leaf ; rapid grower, 

 yields largely ; stemmed for export, and used for Swiss 

 wrappers. Tennessee. Plates X and XI. 



