384 DWARF TOBACCO. 
a showy plant when in blossom. As a curiosity it can hardly 
fail to attract attention from all those acquainted and inter- 
ested in tobacco, but 
will hardly admit of 
cultivation, on ac- 
count of the absence 
of leaves, with the 
exception of the few 
growing nearthe 
ground. Of all the 
tobaccos used for 
the manufacture of 
cigars, none have 
obtained an equal 
reputation (simply 
as a cigar wrapper) 
with the famous and much sought for variety known as 
CONNECTICUT SEED LEAF, 
which in all respects towers far above the seed products of the 
other states. The varieties cultivated in the United States 
and known as “seed leaf” tobaccos, are grown in Connecti- 
cut, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, New York, 
Pennsylvania, Ohio and Wisconsin. All of the seed leaf of 
these states is used exclusively in the manufacture of cigars. 
Connecticut seed leaf is justly celebrated as the finest known 
for cigar wrappers, from the superiority of its color and 
texture, and the good burning quality of the leaf. The plant 
grows to the height of about five feet, with leaves from two 
and one half to three feet in length and from fifteen to 
twenty inches broad, fitted preéminently by their large size 
for wrappers, which are obtained at such a distance from the 
stem of the leaf as to be free from large veins. 
Connecticut seed leaf tobacco in color, is either dark or 
light cinnamon, two of the most fashionable colors to be 
found in American tobaccos. The plant is strong and vigor- 
ous, ripening in a few weeks, and when properly cultivated 
MEXICAN DWARF TOBACCO, 
