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THE CUBA REVIEW. 



fine wrappers ; La Salud, second only to 

 Tumbadero, which it greatly resembles ; Ar- 

 temisa, a rich, aromatic filler leaf; Govea, 

 a rich leaf, fairly plentiful in its yield of 

 wrappers; Bejucal, which is fairly good; 

 and La Seiba, Wajai Caimito, and San 

 Jose de las Lajas, which are all more or 

 less inferior. 



Remcdios. — Grown in the Province of 

 Santa Clara. Strictly speaking, the Reme- 

 dies tobacco is raised in a comparatively 

 small area of the province, but the term is 

 somewhat loosely applied to leaf produced 

 in a considerable area, and which is some- 

 times collectively classed as Vuelta Ar- 

 riba. There is also some tobacco grown in 

 the Province of Puerto Principe which is 

 sold as Remedios. 



Santa Clara. — Grown in the central por- 

 tion of the Province of Santa Clara, and of 

 excellent flavor and aroma. The Santa 

 Clara leaf is frequently described and sold 

 as Remedios, and has done much to enhance 

 its reputation. Other subdivisions under 

 which tobacco grown in the province are 

 sometimes described include Cienfuegos, 

 Colonia, Santo Domingo, Sagua, and Trini- 

 dad. These are more or less lacking in 

 quality, and have served to detract from the 

 reputation of Remedios. The Sancti Spi- 

 ritus is another classification applied to a 

 leaf grown in the province which stands 

 midway between the better and the inferior 

 growths generally sold as Remedios. 



Yara. — Grown in the Province of Santia- 

 go de Cuba, and easily the least desirable 

 of all Cuban tobacco. Mayri and Gibari are 

 subdivisions of Yara. The average crop 

 of Yara in a normal season is about 12,000 

 b|les, and most of it is exported to Germany 

 afid also to Canada and Central America. 



Cuba's Tobacco in England. 



According to the consular report sent by 

 the Cuban consul in London, England, the 

 importations of the manufactured product 

 into that country during the year 1907 de- 

 spite the four months strike which seriously 

 afifected the industry in Cuba, shows a de- 

 crease of 20 per cent only as compared with 

 the importations in 1906, when there were 

 no strikes. 



The report says further : "Since the 1905 

 crop, leaf tobacco has increased in value 

 considerably in this market and at prices 

 never before equaled." 



The Tobacco Crop. 



"The recent rains are helping the plant- 

 ing and work in the fields in Vuelta Abajo 

 district. 



"The selecting of the leaf in the same 

 district is now general and there is hardly 

 a farmhouse or tobacco shed, whferethis im- 

 portant work is not going on. The selectors 

 are greatly helped by weather conditions ; 

 the atmosphere being the sufficiently damp 

 to permit the leaf to be packed in good con- 

 dition. 



"In Santa Clara, owing to dry weather, 

 the leaf is not in very good condition, ex- 

 cepting at places near the boundary line of 

 that province with Camaguey where the 

 planters report that they are obtaining first- 

 class leaf for capadura. 



"In the zones where the dry wea.her most 

 affected the crop the decrease in the output 

 will be about from 25 to 30 per cent, as 

 compared with last year's rendition." — La 

 Gaceta Economica. 



Cuban-made cigars are the standard 

 in Switzerlaiad, and although retailed 

 cheaper than in the United States, are 

 sold only to the high-class trade. Im- 

 port figures are not reliable as applying 

 to Cuba's product, inasmuch as la rge 

 quantities of Cuban tobacco reaches the 

 country through German, French and 

 other ports. 



Russia consumes practically no Amer- 

 ican leaf tobacco. Cigars are little used 

 and in most cases the Cuban is preferred 

 to the Russian make, which has less 

 flavor. 



Belgium's imports of Cuban cigars and 

 cigarettes are decreasing. Figures fur- 

 nished by U. S. Consul-General Watts 

 of Brussels are as follows: 



igos igo6 1907 



1932 lbs. 1692 lbs. 920 lbs. 



Conservative estimates on the Cuban 

 tobacco crop this year place the output 

 at about 425,000 bales. Last year's crop 

 was 467,247 bales, from April, 1906, to 

 April, 1907. The average price of tobac- 

 co at the present time is about 33 per 

 cent, lower than it was at this time last 

 year. 



The Havana Telegraph changed hands 

 and appeared July 4 in a handsome new 

 dress. The new firm is the Havana Teleg- 

 raph Co., with Paul Azbill, vice president 

 and general manager, and Ed. deL. Slevin 

 as editor. It will continue as a daily even- 

 in^' newspaper. 



American home in Cuba, built of logs and with 

 tiled roof. 



