TOBACCO LEAVES 



THE TOBACCO GARDEN OF THE 

 WORLD 



ONE hundred miles as the crow flies 

 southwest from Havana, one hundred and 

 thirty miles by the railroad, is Pinar del 

 Rio (Pine of the River) in the province of 

 Pinar del Rio, a city located in the to- 

 bacco garden of the world. It is the heart 

 of the famous Vuelta Aba jo (lower turn) 

 district of Cuba. 



Little perhaps does the critical smoker 

 realize, apart from the personal discom- 

 fort and deprivation it would cause him, 



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