400 



SPANISH TOBACCO. 



suited for cigar wrappers. A considerable portion is adapted 

 for other uses, and it is in some respects a good cutting 

 tobacco. When in fine condition, Hungarian leaf burns 

 freely and leaves a clean, light-colored ash. No variety of 

 tobacco grown in Europe is attracting more notice than this, 

 and if good leaf tobacco suitable for cigars can be grown, 

 American tobacco will diminish in proportion. Hungarian 

 tobacco is a favorite with the Italians, and large quantities 

 are sold to the Italian monopoly to be used both for cigars 

 and cutting. 



SPANISH TOBACCO. 



For several years the growers of tobacco in the Connecticut 

 valley have directed their attention towards the production 



of a tobacco possess- 

 ing all of the excel- 

 lencies of both 

 wrapper and filler; 

 in other words, if 

 possible securing a 

 leaf of light color 

 and fine texture and 

 good flavor, so as to 

 combine all of the 

 desirable features 

 and qualities of 

 tobacco in one varie- 

 ty. Some few years 

 since the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture 

 at Washington dis- 

 tributed a variety 

 of tobacco seed 

 among the Connecticut tobacco growers known by the name 

 of Spanish tobacco. 



It has been tested by many of the largest tobacco growers 

 in Connecticut, and found to be one of the best varieties of 

 the plant ever cultivated in the valley. The plant grows to 



SPANISH TOBACCO. 



