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lue-cured vs aromatic 



Type 13 grows in about half the state extending 

 inland from the coast. The federal government's 

 1971 acreage allotment for flue-cured came to 

 about 70,000 acres, most of which were in actual 

 tobacco production. South Carolina's tobacco, 

 grown in what is called the Border Belt, has 

 been in great demand for years. Buyers all over 

 "tobaccoland" journey to the state's markets 

 yearly to purchase Type 13. 



Flue-cured is a major ingredient in cigarettes. 

 But South Carolina has had another unique type 

 grown in the mountain areas, and although aro- 

 matic or Turkish tobacco is no longer grown in 

 the state, it once thrived throughout the north- 

 west in the Piedmont sections. 



Turkish grew in abundance after World War II 

 and by 1955, farmers were producing over 100,000 

 pounds of this special type yearly. Imported from 

 the middle eastern part of the world, Turkish 

 tobacco is another part of the mixture that goes 

 into the making of the cigarette. Although Turkish 

 is nonexistent now in South Carolina, it had an 

 important effect on the history of the industry in 

 the state and will be discussed in a later chapter. 



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n endless supply 



There is an unending flow of tobacco goods 

 across retail shelves. South Carolinians buy to- 

 bacco products with the confirmed enthusiasm of 

 other Americans— the largest consumers of tobacco 

 anywhere in the world. A trade estimate of the 

 wholesale value of manufactured tobacco distrib- 

 uted within the state in 1971 is about $54,664,601. 

 Of this total, cigarettes represented over $48 mil- 



