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EXERCISE 29 



TYPES OF TOBACCO 



Object. To learn the important types of tobacco. 

 Material. Leaves of the following types: 



Cigar Tobacco: 



(a) Broadleaf or seedleaf type. 

 (6) Havana seed type. 

 (c) Cuban type. 



Manufacturing Tobacco: 



(a) Plug (dark heavy type). 



(6) Smoking (light colored type). 



(c) Plug and smoking (as White Burley). 



Directions. Describe the types, using the following descriptive terms 

 and outline. 



A. Economic: 



1. Grown where? 



2. Use: Wrapper, binder, filler, plug, smoking, plug and smoking. 



B. Leaf: 



3. Thickness: Thin, medium, thick. 



4. Color: Dark, medium, light. 



C. Curing: 



5. Method: Air, open fire, flue. 



References. Duggar, J. F., 1918, Southern Field Crops (Macmillan), 

 Chap. XXX. Montgomery, E. G., Productive Farm Crops (LIPPINCOTT), 

 Chap. XLV. 



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