T TI K r TT R A REVIEW 



Tobacco Under Cheese-cloth, Cuba Land & Leaf Tobacco Co., San Juan, I'inar del Rio 



Province. Note That the Tobacco .Mniost Conceals the Two Laborers — 



It Will Probably Reach the Cloth Covering, 9 Ft. High. 



Unsliaded \\ rapper Tobacco, I^ Salud, Havana Province. Partially Shaded Tobacco in 

 Background — Both Ready for Cutting. 



tho crop, whon cut in this wa.v, when the U-iives in tlie niiddlo of the plant have 

 reached their hest stage of development. Another system that is employed, but on 

 account of its expense can be used only whore high-grade wrapper tobacco is pro- 

 duced, is to i>ick the leaves from the stem one at a time, beginning, of course, with 

 the bottom leaves when these have reached maturity, and continuing the harvesting 

 one or two or three leaves at a time at intervals until tlie entire iilant has been 



