As the taste of smokers with regard to the 
flavor and aroma of pipe tobacco varies con- 
siderably, some desiring a strong, others a mild 
or light tobacco, this must be taken into ac- 
count by the manufacturer and the blends 
graded accordingly. 
Pipe smoking tobaccos are distinguished ac- 
cording to the different mechanical processes 
used in their production. Thus there are (1) 
Granulated, (2) Plug-cut, (8) Long-cut, Fine- 
cut, etc. In former days it was customary for 
smokers to buy their tobacco in the roll or 
twist and cut and manipulate it themselves. 
This custom has, however, passed away almost 
entirely in the U.S. It still survives to a large 
extent in Europe where smokers prefer their 
tobacco moist. In the U. S. pipe smoking 
tobacco is usually cut and ready for the pipe 
and sold in packages or cans. 
GRANULATED is tobacco that has been flaked 
by breaking or cutting machines with blunt 
teeth or saws and then passed over a series of 
oscillating sieves of graded mesh. 
Puvue-cur or Cur-pive is first made into 
plugs by pressure. These plugs are then cut 
into thin slices convenient for crumbling. The 
slices are put up in packages in which form the 
smoker uses it. Special forms of cut-plug are, 
bird’s-eye, short-cut, cube-cut, straight-cut, 
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