It has been stated above that much of the 
Perique tobacco is a substitute for the genuine. 
This substitute is made by taking inferior leaf 
and submitting it to a similar process, i. e., 
pressure and oxidation repeatedly. The pro- 
cess is abridged but a black tobacco results’ 
particularly when certain darkening ingredi- 
ants are added. The moral is if you want 
genuine Perique be sure where you get it, and 
don’t grudge the price. 
CuEwine Tosacco 
The particular qualities required in leaf for 
this purpose are toughness, sweetness of taste, 
and a richness in oils and gums. Suitable leaf 
having been selected the leaf is cut and moulded 
into small plugs or “chews” which are put up 
in boxes for the market. Flavoring essences are 
_of course plentifully used. 
As well as plug, chewing tobacco may be of 
the variety known as twist, the leaves being spun 
and twisted in a continuous .roll. 
The plug consists of a wrapper and filler like 
the cigar the brighter and better grades of leaf 
being used as wrappers. Burley leaf and the 
yellow leaf tobacco of Virginia, Kentucky and 
the Carolinas are principally used. The sub- 
stances used for flavoring are liquorice, cane 
sugar, maple sugar, molasses, and rum, prin- 
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