able for cigar making, 127c per Ib. ; for "other 

 leaf," 50.44c per Ib. 



OTHER IMPORTED CIGAR LEAF 

 Since the introduction of tax-free manufac- 

 tured cigars from the Philippines the importa- 

 tion of leaf has declined. 



Mexican leaf is used as a substitute for 

 Cuban, to which it is inferior. 



The imports of cigar leaf tobacco from Porto 

 Rico and Brazil are relatively unimportant. 



CIGAR LEAF TOBACCO GROWN IN THE U. S. 



The home grown tobacco leaf used in the 

 cigar manufacturing trade of the U. S. is grown 

 principally in the states of Connecticut, New 

 York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Wisconsin, Florida, 

 Georgia, and Texas. The Connecticut leaf is 

 used for wrappers and binders. The Ohio and 

 Pennsylvania leaf almost exclusively for fillers. 

 Wisconsin produces binder leaf particularly. 

 The leaf grown elsewhere is used mostly as 

 wrappers. It is usual, however, to use the im- 

 ported and Sumatran leaf as wrappers for all 

 high class home-made cigars. 



The finest American grown wrapper leaf is 

 raised in Connecticut. The best known brands 

 are known as Connecticut Seedleaf and Connec- 

 ticut Broadleaf, both varieties raised orginally 



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