394 RUSSIAN TOBACCO. 



aromatic odor not like that of Havana tobacco, but stronger 

 and less agreeable. 



The plant was introduced into this country by Bayard 

 Taylor, and attains its full size in the Connecticut valley, 

 where it has been tested by many growers. After curing, 

 the leaf is a bright yellow of agreeable flavor, having the 

 odor of ashes of roses. The flavor is similar to Turkish 

 tobacco, but is said to be less delicate. 



After harvesting, the plants cure rapidly and on account 

 of their small size rarely sweat. Latakia tobacco, however, 

 is not adapted to the taste of American smokers, most of 

 whom prefer tobacco of home growth to even the finest of 

 Turkish leaf. Latakia tobacco can be raised with less labor 

 than most varieties. Its diminutive size and its unpopular- 

 ity, however, prevent its general culture in this country. 



RUSSIAN TOBACCO. 



In no other country in Europe is the tobacco plant attract- 

 ing as much as attention as in the empire of Russia. The 

 varieties grown in America, Cuba, Turkey, and Persia, have 

 been tried, renewing the seed once in two or three years. 

 The tobacco of Russia is mild, and of inferior flavor, and 

 brings from 40 to 80 kopecks per pood. A very good quality 

 of tobacco is grown in the trans-Caucasian provinces ; it also 

 flourishes well in the Southern provinces. 



The plants attain good size, but lack that fine flavor when 

 cured that other tobaccos possess. A recent traveler through 

 Russia, describing the tobacco, says : 



" Russian tobacco is very mild and rather sweet flavored, 

 though not equal in aroma to the Havana, or posessing that 

 rich ripe taste so much prized in that well known tobacco." 



COLOMBIA TOBACCO. 



Colombia has long been celebrated for the quality and 

 varieties of its tobacco. Its cultivation has been carried on 

 for more than two hundred and fifty years, and Yarinian 

 tobacco had obtained a well established reputation in Europe 



