Similarly in the case of Florida grown Cuban 

 leaf which at the same Exposition was voted 

 as equal to the native. The native leaf, how- 

 ever, whether due to the soil or not, has a finer 

 flavor and aroma, and the best grades of native 

 grown Cuban tobacco still hold the palm as 

 the premier cigar tobacco of the world. 



The leaf raised in Connecticut, Pennsylvania, 

 Ohio, Wisconsin, Florida, Massachusetts, and 

 New York State, is generally used for the cigar 

 trade (see the chapters on cigars). Ohio and 

 Florida (Cuban seed) leaf mostly used as cigar 

 fillers ; Connecticut and Florida ( Sumatran 

 seed), Pennsylvania and New York leaf mostly 

 as wrapper leaf, the inferior leaves being used 

 as fillers. Wisconsin leaf is used principally as 

 cigar binder leaf. The total amount of cigar 

 tobacco raised is roughly about one-fifth of the 

 entire tobacco crop. 



The southern states produce the bulk of the 

 export dark, heavy leaf. West Kentucky and 

 Tennessee particularly, as well as Virginia, the 

 Carolinas and Maryland, export considerable 

 quantities. This tobacco is fire-cured. For the 

 domestic trade, however, (pipe-smoking, chew- 

 ing and cigarettes) the tobacco grown in these 

 states is flue-cured, the principal product being 

 of a bright yellow color, characteristic of this 

 region. 



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