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Cigar tobaccos are grown for two distinct purposes, 

 namely: for flavor or aroma, and for texture of the leaf, 

 which properties adapt it for use as cigar wrappers. For 

 aroma, the Vuelta Abajo may be accepted as typical, while 

 for wrapper purposes, Connecticut seed leaf and Sumatra 

 tobaccos are typical. 



(2.) Export Tobaccos. These tobaccos include several 

 different types, each meeting various demands of the trade. 

 Usually they are of rank growth, heavy, coarse-grained and 

 strong flavored. They are used for manufacturing smoking 

 products required in foreign countries. Their value lies in 

 their strength, as they are chiefly used in mixtures, either 

 with inferior tobaccos, or with other vegetable adulterants. 



(3.) Bright Leaf and Manufacturing Tobacco. Bright 

 Leaf is produced largely in the Carolinas, Virginia and 

 Eastern Tennessee, and is valuable for its flavor and aroma; 

 its bright yellow color adds to its popularity. It is used al- 

 most entirely for pipe and cigarette tobaccos, and for wrap- 

 pers for plug tobacco. White Burley Tobacco is grown in 

 the Southern counties of Ohio and in the north central 

 counties of Kentucky, and is used for plug tobacco. It is 

 very mild, has a good flavor, and is an excellent absorbent, 

 and for these reasons, it is popular with manufacturers. 



(4.) Perique. This tobacco belongs to the coarse, heavy 

 type of tobaccos. Its distinctive properties are the result 

 rather of the method of curing than of the quality of leaf. 

 It is grown exclusively upon the moist alluvial bottom lands 

 of St. James River, and one or two other Parishes in Louis- 



