curly-cut, wavy-cut and cavendish-cut; the 

 name being determined by the shape of the cut 

 slices. "Navy-cut" is a particular kind of 

 plug which was originally prepared directly 

 by shipmen. 



LONG-CUT tobacco is leaf cut into long 

 shreds. It differs from plug-cut in not having 

 been pressed into solid plugs before cutting. 



FINE-CUT is finer and shorter shreds than the 

 long-cut, and the tobacco used is usually of a 

 less gummy kind. 



Other varieties known in the trade are: 



GERMAN SMOKING. A coarse-grained, heavy 

 tobacco with strong flavor. It is a coarse 

 granulated tobacco. 



STRIPS. A fine shredded or powdered tobacco 

 used principally in the mining camps of Penn- 

 sylvania. 



SCRAP. Smoking tobacco made up from 

 cigar clippings and cheap cigar leaf of the 

 filler and binder type. 



PERIQUE TOBACCO 



Perique tobacco is a specially dark, rich 

 variety having special qualities which ren- 

 der it desirable as a component in pipe smoking 

 mixtures, or for straight smoking. Genuine 

 Perique is grown and prepared only in the 

 Parish of St. James in the State of Louisiana 



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