CONNECTICUT VALLEY CIGAR LEAF TOBACCO. 157 



produces much filler, but the wrapper and binder districts contribute 

 their seconds, broken leaves and other inferior tobacco for fillers. In 

 cheap cigars the filler is composed of a very poor grade of tobacco. 



PRODGCTIOSJ OP TOBACCO IH 7KE UNLTED STATES 



9 Chiefly wrapper districts 



© Chiefly binder districts 



_ Chiefly filler districts 



%J To\)acco not cigar leaf 



100 ,000 ,000 

 50,000,000 



Generally speaking, wrappers command the highest price, binders the 

 next and fillers the lowest of cigar making tobacco. The Connecticut 

 valley produces all three varieties, but Connecticut valley tobacco is of the 



