CUBAN, OR SO-CALLED Havana, Cicars 
As the strictest laws are enforced in Cuba 
against the importation of tobacco, it follows 
that all genuine so-called Havana cigars are 
made of Cuban tobacco. The Havana Tobacco 
Co. controls about 260,000 acres of the best 
Cuban tobacco land and has 25 factories in the 
City of Havana. Here Havana cigars are made 
in all grades from those which can be bought at 
2 for 25c to those which cost $2.00 each. The 
high priced are very limited in quality, being 
made from tobacco grown in specially favored 
districts. ‘The Province of Pinar del Rio pro- 
duces 70 per cent of the whole Cuban crop, and 
includes the celebrated District of Vuelta Abajo 
in which the finest cigar tobacco in the world is 
grown; the Provinces of Havana and Santa 
Clara each produces about 18 per cent of the 
Cuban crop. Havana Partidio leaf is of very 
fine quality and is used principally as wrappers 
of clear Havanas. Havana Remedios leaf comes 
from Santa Clara, has a high flavor, rather 
heavy body and is used mostly for fillers. 
The very finest Havana cigars never leave 
Cuba, for the merchant keeps them for his own 
use. He is a smoker before a trader. The crop 
of the very best Vuelta Abajo tobacco is so 
small that not more than about 30,000 cigars 
can be made from it. These are kept for pri- 
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