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uniform, one year with another, by proper mixing of to- 

 bacco in large bins containing from thirty to forty hogs- 

 heads each. France also consumes from 15,000 to 

 25,000 hogsheads of tobacco grown in Alsace-Lorraine 

 and about 5000 hogsheads of Hungarian tobacco. 



Italian Regie. The exports of the tobacco of the 

 United States to Italy were: 32,436,011 pounds in 

 1891; 30,096,355 pounds in 1892; 27,515,456 pounds 

 in 1893; 24,484,406 pounds in 1894; and 24,626,836 

 pounds in 1895. Italy usually takes from 15,000 to 

 18,000 hogsheads of heavy tobacco annually, and 2000 

 to 3000 hogsheads of Burley. The tobacco taken from 

 Italy is also classified into A's, B's, and C's. 



Type A is a large, smooth, showy and silky leaf, 

 twenty-five to twenty-six inches long, of delicate fiber 

 and texture, and of a solid dark brown color. Moderate 

 weight only is required in this type, and just oil and fat 

 enough to make it elastic and strong. This type is used 

 as wrappers in the manufacture of cigars. 



Type B varies between heavy and light tobacco, 

 sometimes the one, and then the other, being called for 

 in the contract. When the heavy is required, the type 

 consists of leaf of heavy body, dark brown color, and of 

 more general richness and weight than type A, and it 

 must be from twenty-two to twenty-five inches long. 

 This type is used partly in the manufacture of snuff. 

 Type B, light, consists of leaf of second and third grades 

 of the same length of the heavy type, of showy appear- 

 ance, light brown, or red, in color, and of moderate 

 weight of body. Type B, light, is used in the manufac- 

 ture of cigars of milder flavor than those made of the 

 heavier type, and it is also used largely for cutting into 

 smoking tobacco. 



Type C consists of short, common leaf, eighteen to 

 twenty inches in length, of moderate weight of body, and 

 is used as fillers and binders in the manufacture of cigars. 



