CUBAN, OR SO-CALLED HAVANA, CIGARS 

 As the strictest laws are enforced in Cuba 

 against the importation of tobacco, it follows 

 that all genuine so-called Havana cigars are 

 made of Cuban tobacco. The Havana Tobacco 

 Co. controls about 260,000 acres of the best 

 Cuban tobacco land and has 25 factories in the 

 City of Havana. Here Havana cigars are made 

 in all grades from those which can be bought at 

 2 for 25c to those which cost $2.00 each. The 

 high priced are very limited in quSfrty, being 

 made from tobacco grown in specially favored 

 districts. The Province of Pinar del Rio pro- 

 duces 70 per cent of the whole Cuban crop, and 

 includes the celebrated District of Vuelta Abajo 

 in which the finest cigar tobacco in the world is 

 grown; the Provinces of Havana and Santa 

 Clara each produces about 13 per cent of the 

 Cuban crop. Havana Partidio leaf is of very 

 fine quality and is used principally as wrappers 

 of clear Havanas. Havana Remedios leaf comes 

 from Santa Clara, has a high flavor, rather 

 heavy body and is used mostly for fillers. 



The very finest Havana cigars never leave 

 Cuba, for the merchant keeps them for his own 

 use. He is a smoker before a trader. The crop 

 of the very best Vuelta Abajo tobacco is so 

 small that not more than about 30,000 cigars 

 can be made from it. These are kept for pri- 



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