at Portland, Connecticut, it runs through central Con- 

 necticut and western Massachusetts to its apex at the 

 border of Vermont and New Hampshire. 



The majority of the tobacco harvested in the Valley 

 is a product of Connecticut and particularly of Hartford 

 County; only a fraction is farmed in Tolland County 

 and even less is produced in Middlesex County. The 

 only other section of the state where tobacco is com- 

 mercially grown lies in the west-central area around 

 New Milford in the Housatonic Valley. 



Aerial view of tents for shade-grown tobacco 



Courtesy Connecticut Development Commission 



leaf trio 



The crops of Connecticut tobacco farms are solely 

 cigar-leaf types. They are: 

 • Connecticut Valley shade-grown, a wrapper leaf. Pro- 



