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viz.: cigar, snuff, and cut-leaf tobacco. The first class, cigar 

 leaf, includes all those varieties of tobacco that are used in 

 the manufacture of cigars, and embraces the finest quality of 

 tobacco grown, including Connecticut seed leaf, Havana, 

 Yara, Manilla, Giron, Paraguayan, Mexican, Brazilian, 

 Sumatra, etc. The second class embraces all of the varieties 

 used in the manufacture of snuff, such as Virginia, Holland 

 (Amersfoort), Brazilian, French (St. Omer), etc. The third 

 class includes all of those tobaccos used for smoking and 

 chewing purposes, such as Virginia, Kentucky, Missouri, 

 Ohio, Maryland, Latakia, Perique, Turkish, and others. 



South American tobaccos are almost exclusively used for the 

 manufacture of cigars. Although of various qualities, they 

 possess the distinctive flavor which characterizes all tobacco 

 used for this purpose. This is generally the case with most 

 of the tobacco grown in the tropics it seems to be especially 

 adapted for the manufacture of cigars, rather than for cutting 

 purposes. European tobaccos are milder in flavor, and are 

 used extensively in the manufacture of snuff; while the 

 tobacco of the East is well adapted for the pipe. 



Tobacco to be used for cigars must not only be of good 

 flavor, but must burn freely, without which it has no real 

 value for this purpose. Non-burning tobaccos cannot be 

 used, and are either employed in the manufacture of snuff or 

 for cutting. 



Of the many kinds of tobacco of both the Old and New 

 World, doubtless the most curious of all is that kind known 



DWAKF TOBACCO. 



This plant is a native of Mexico, and was discovered by 

 Houston, who found it growing near Vera Cruz. This is 

 probably the smallest kind of tobacco known. The plant 

 grows to the height of about eighteen inches, the leaves grow- 

 ing in tufts at the base of the plant. Some have supposed 

 this tobacco to be what is known as Deer Tongue, which is 

 used for flavoring, but it is quite probable that it is entirely 

 different. The leaf is small and light green, and it is quite 



