404 MANILLA TOBACCO. 



months are carefully cultivated, when the top is broken off 

 and the leaves allowed to ripen. In some respects, Manilla 

 tobacco is one of the best varieties of the plant cultivated, 

 and were it not for its non-burning quality, it would have 

 but few rivals among cigar tobaccos.* We have thus, at 

 some length, described nearly half of the varieties of tobacco 

 now being cultivated. There are, however, others as well 

 known and of equal value and. favor. Some of these are of 

 superior quality and of world- wide repute. Of those described, 

 the varieties grown in the tropics are the most celebrated and 

 of the finest flavor. As when first discovered, the tobaccos of 

 the tropics command the highest prices, and possess qual- 

 ities not easily transmitted when grown in a temperate clime. 



"The Boil of many of the islands especially of the Bisayas is favorable to the growth of 

 tobacco. The island of Negroa formerly produced gome of very good quality." 



