Cigars proper have many subdivisions: 



(1) IMPORTED CIGARS. This term is usually 



confined to cigars made in Cuba, and 

 does not include Porto Rican or Philip- 

 pines. 



(2) PORTO Rico CIGARS.) Used for cigars made 



(3) PHILIPPINE CIGARS, j in those places. 



(4) CLEAR HAVANAS. This term denotes a 



cigar made by hand in the U. S. of 

 Cuban tobacco exclusively and in the 

 same style as in Cuba. 



(5) SEED AND HAVANA. Up to about 50 years 



ago there were no clear Havanas made 

 in the U. S., the best produced being 

 a combination of Havana leaf and leaf 

 grown in the states from imported 

 Havana seed. Hence the term which 

 ordinarily means an American made 

 cigar, the filler being wholly or partly 

 of Cuban tobacco and the wrapper, a 

 domestic or Sumatran leaf. 



(6) DOMESTIC CIGARS. This term is used for 



cigars made in the U. S. in contra-dis- 

 tinction to imported cigars. 



(7) NICKEL GOODS. Ordinary 5c cigars made 



either entirely of domestic tobacco or 

 with a Sumatran wrapper, and usually 

 made partly or wholly by machine. It 

 also usually includes "segundos" or 



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