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Smokers. Generally the lug leaves, which are the 

 bottom leaves, and torn, worm-eaten or bruised leaves ; 

 in the aggregate making one-sixth of the crop. 



Cutters. Inferior to the wrappers, and superior to 

 the smokers, deficient in color to wrappers, but more 

 perfect leaves and heavier in body than smokers. These 

 constitute one-sixth of the crop sold. 



The description of the sub-grades is as follows : 



Wrappers. 1. Common wrappers : Lowest grade 

 of wrapper, and only a grade above a bright filler. 

 2. Medium wrapper : Not uniform ' in color, dingy, or 

 piebald, but of good form and quality. 3. Good wrap- 

 per : Tobacco of heavy body, orange color, generally 

 styled mahogany. 4. Fine wrapper : Second grade of 

 lemon color, but inferior to the fancy. 5. Fancy 

 wrapper : Fine, delicate fiber, silky, fresh lemon color, 

 very leafy, perfect leaves, and the highest class made in 

 assorting. 



Fillers. 1. Common : All of the inferior and 

 nondescript grades. 2. Medium : Good, rich lugs, 

 and the dark leaves with good body. 3. Good : Tips, 

 and the better and brighter heavy lugs and short leaves 

 with body. 4. Fine : All the brightest, best and rich- 

 est leaves next below common wrapper, and generally of 

 a gray and cherry-red color. 



Smokers. 1. Lowest grade : Worm-eaten and 

 discolored. 2. Brown and short leaves. 3. Grade 

 above four, and not so colory. 4. Best smooth lugs, 

 which make the highest class of smokers. 



Cutters. 1. Thin, papery leaves, thrown out from 

 fine fillers when assorting ; lowest grade. 2. Same 

 grade as three, but not so colory. 3. Fine cutters, 

 leafy and inferior leaves taken from stalk that produced 

 the best wrappers. 



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