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DWARF TOBACCO. 



a showy plant when in blossom. As a curiosity it can hardly 

 fail to attract attention from all those acquainted and inter- 

 ested in tobacco, but 

 will hardly admit of 

 cultivation, o n a c - 

 count of the absence 

 of leaves, with the 

 exception of the few 

 growing n ear the 

 ground. Of all the 

 tobaccos u s e d f o r 

 the manufacture of 

 cigars, none have 

 obtained an equal 

 reputation (simply 



MEXICAN DWARF TOBACCO. v r J 



as a cigar wrapper) 

 with the famous and much sought for variety known as 



CONNECTICUT SEED LEAF, , 



which in all respects towers far above the seed products of the 

 other states. The varieties cultivated in the United States 

 and known as "seed leaf" tobaccos, are grown in Connecti- 

 cut, Massachusetts, Yermont, New Hampshire, New York, 

 Pennsylvania, Ohio and Wisconsin. All of the seed leaf of 

 these states is used exclusively in the manufacture of cigars. 

 Connecticut seed leaf is justly celebrated as the finest known 

 for cigar wrappers, from the superiority of its color and 

 texture, and the good burning quality of the leaf. The plant 

 grows to the height of about five feet, with leaves from two 

 and one half to three feet in length and from fifteen to 

 twenty inches broad, fitted preeminently by their large size 

 for wrappers, which are obtained at such a distance from the 

 stem of the leaf as to be free from large veins. 



Connecticut seed leaf tobacco in color, is either dark or 

 light cinnamon, two of the most fashionable colors to be 

 found in American tobaccos. The plant is strong and vigor- 

 ous, ripening in a few weeks, and when properly cultivated 



