Hungary is a heavy grower of tobacco and 
produces some of the best in Europe. There is 
a heavy dark type, of a rich brown color, 
medium sized leaf with small and thin veins, 
which is used in cigar manufacture. A small 
bright yellow leaf is also grown, poor in quality 
and aroma, which is used for pipe smoking and 
cigarettes. 
The most important foreign tobacco as re- 
gards U. S. consumers is that known as Turk- 
ish. The leaves of the Turkish tobacco are 
small (about 8” long), clear yellow in color, 
and have a special aroma, which renders them 
peculiarly suitable for the manufacturing of 
cigarettes. The principal producing centers 
are Macedonia, Albania, Syria, Palestine and 
Trebizond, that raised in Macedonia being per- 
haps the most celebrated. Just like the Cuban 
leaf, the very best grades of Turkish tobacco 
are not exported, but are kept for domestic 
consumption. 
Latakia tobacco is produced in the northern 
part of Syria. This tobacco has a very small 
nicotine content. It is produced by a special 
fabrication and is in very great demand as an 
ingredient of pipe smoking mixtures. 
The District of Cavalla in the Province of 
Roumelia, is one of the most important tobacco 
centers in the Turkish Empire. There are 
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