CLASSES, TYPES, AND VARIETIES OF THE TOBACCO PLANT. 21 



TYPE B. This type varies between heavy and light tobacco, sometimes the former and sometimes the latter 

 being required by the annual orders of the Monopoly Company. When the former is required, the type consists 

 of leaf of heavy body, dark-brown color, and of more general richness and weight of substance than type A, and 

 22 to 25 inches in length. This type is used largely in the manufacture of snuff. Type B, light, consists of leaf 

 of second and third grades, of the same length and showy appearance, of light-brown or red color, and of moderate 

 weight of body and substance. This type is used in the manufacture of cigars of milder flavor than those made 

 of the heavier types, and also largely for cutting into smoking-tobacco. 



TYPE C. This consists of choice lugs or short common leaf, 18 to 20 inches in length, and of moderate weight 

 of body, and is used as fillers and binders in the manufacture of cigars. Of these several types, A is chiefly 

 selected from the lighter-bodied and smooth product of the Clarksville district and the western Kentucky district; 

 B heavy, from the heavier-bodied products of these districts; B light, chiefly from the product of moderate weight 

 of substance of the Lower Green River district and Indiana and Illinois; and C from the lighter-bodied lugs and 

 common leaf of the heavy-producing districts and the heavier bodied of the light producing districts. 



AUSTRIAN REGIE. 



The Austrian Regie takes only one type or grade from the United States. This is a wrapping leaf, very smooth 

 and fine in fiber, of very solid, firm, and glossy texture, above medium heavy body, but not of the heaviest and most 

 fleshy type, and of a perfectly uniform brown color. A very essential quality is toughness and "stretchiness" of 

 texture, and it must be well cured by fire, but not injured in curing. The length of the leaf is not au essential part 

 of the fitness, but good length is much preferred. This type is used in Austria as wrappers in the manufacture 

 of cigars, and is supplied chiefly from Virginia, and in smaller part from the Clarksville district. Large crops of 

 tobacco are raised in Hungary, more than enough to supply Austria with the lower grades. 



SPANISH REGIE. 



No classification of the tobacco bought by the Spanish Regie is made. It consists of sound and common lugs 

 of all types and districts, except the Barley and bright-producing districts of Kentucky and North Carolina, and of 

 the low and nondescript leaf of light type. The order is generally made for one-third of leaf of low grade and 

 two-thirds of lugs. It is all used for smoking, the better grades for wrappers, binders, and fillers in the manufacture 

 of cigars, and the lower for granulation for the manufacture of cigarettes. 



SNUFF LEAF AND LUGS. 



Snuff leaf is heavy, very rich and fat, of fine fiber and dark color, and is used for making the finer grades of 

 snuff. The leaf described as German spinner is used partly in Germany for making the best grades of snuff. 

 Snuff lugs are of the same qualities as the leaf, heavy, fat, and dark in color, considerably fermented, and are used 

 for making the common grades of snuff. 



GERMAN TYPES. 



GERMAN SAUCER. This is a sweet, fair-bodied leaf, of fine fiber and stem, gummy without fatness, and either 

 clear, cherry-red in color, or mottled with yellow, or what is technically called piebald. It is generally a leaf of good 

 length and weight of body, with gummy surface. It is prepared for consumption in Germany by the application of 

 sauce of a peculiar description. The fiber must be yellow after saucing, and the leaf black. The largest proportion 

 of this type is taken from Virginia. 



GERMAN SPINNER. This consists of leaf of the heaviest body, 24 to 26 inches in length, full in width, of fine 

 fiber and stem, very oily and fat, so that it will sweat supple and strong, tough and elastic in texture, and of a very 

 deep or dark-brown color. This type is used in Germany and the north of Europe for spinning into strand. It is 

 supplied chiefly from the Clarksville district, but in part also from the Upper Green River district, and to a very 

 small extent from the Lower Green River district. German spinning fillers are of the same type as the wrappers 

 used in spinning, but consist of very fat, clean, and heavy-bodied lugs, which are supplied from the Clarksville and 

 Upper Green River districts. 



OHIO, MARYLAND, AND WEST VIRGINIA SPANGLED. This is a leaf of moderate length, full breadth, and small 

 stem. It has a medium strength in texture, is rather deficient in oil, and is in color yellow, yellow spangled with 

 red, red spangled with yellow, and fine red. It is cured with fire, but has a mild, sweet flavor. The fine yellow 

 and yellow spangled goes to Bremen, where it is rehandled, put in lighter casks, and sent to Russia for consumption, 

 a portion, however, being taken to Austria and England, the latter countries taking also the red spangled. 

 England takes, besides, the fine red. Germany takes all grades for consumption except fine yellow and dark brown, 

 which latter are taken by France and Italy, and Spain takes the unsound and nondescript qualities. Scraps of this 

 type are used in this country for smoking-tobacco. 



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