58 TOBACCO LEAF. 



used in England are the short, common and imperfect 

 leaves of the same general character as the wrappers. 



The Navy plug, for use in the English navy, was 

 made of the best of Green River redried fillers, until the 

 substitution, in a large part, of the White Burley fillers. 

 These now compose the largest portion of the material 

 used in the manufacture of Navy plug in quarters, half 

 pounds and pounds. A short, fully ripened, clean and 

 oily leaf is used in Ireland for fillers. The Bird's- Eye 

 and Irish fillers are sold in the English market in the 

 leaf for the special consumption to which they are 

 adapted. 



Scotch Elder is a type very popular in England and 

 Scotland. It is a leaf of good size, and reddish in color. 

 It has great absorptive or drinking capacity, very porous, 

 containing a small content of gummy matter, with a 

 medium texture as to fineness. The cause of its great 

 popularity is that as much as fifty-five pounds of water 

 may be added to one hundred pounds of tobacco before 

 it is sold to consumers. As the tax on every pound of 

 tobacco imported to England is about seventy-six cents, 

 it will be seen that the greatest profits to the retailer 

 come from the capacity of the tobacco to absorb and 

 retain moisture. 



The Scotch and Irish spinners are almost identical 

 in character with the English spinners. 



CONTINENTAL SHIPPERS REGIE TYPES. 



French Regie Types. The exports of American 

 tobacco to France were, 35,363,885 pounds in 1891; 

 39,773,013 pounds in 1892; 39,508,592 pounds in 1893; 

 38,268,008 pounds in 1894; and 34,943,161 pounds in 

 1895. This amount is usually made up of about 11,000 

 hogsheads of Western tobacco, 1000 hogsheads of Vir- 

 ginia, 4000 hogsheads of Maryland and a variable quan- 

 tity of eastern Ohio tobacco, possibly 2000 hogsheads. 



