curly-cut, wavy-cut and cavendish-cut; the 
name being determined by the shape of the cut 
slices. “Navy-cut” is a particular kind of 
plug which was originally prepared directly. 
by shipmen. 
Lone-cut tobacco is leaf cut into long 
shreds. It differs from plug-cut in not having 
been pressed into solid plugs before cutting. 
Five-cut is finer and shorter shreds than the 
long-cut, and the tobacco used is usually of a 
less gummy kind. 
Other varieties known in the trade are: 
German Smoxine. A coarse-grained, heavy 
tobacco with strong flavor. It is a coarse 
granulated tobacco. 
Srrirs. A fine shredded or powdered tobacco 
used principally in the mining camps of Penn- 
sylvania. 
Scrar. Smoking tobacco made up from 
cigar clippings and cheap cigar leaf of the 
filler and binder type. 
PzrrievE Torpacco 
Perique tobacco is a specially dark, rich 
variety having special qualities which ren- 
der it desirable as a component in pipe smoking 
mixtures, or for straight smoking. Genuine 
Perique is grown and prepared only in the 
Parish of St. James in the State of Louisiana 
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