24 THE CULTURE OE TOISACGO. 



fr.r the European and We.st African Market^ Yellow Mammoth, 

 Tennessee Eed, Clardy, Kentucky Yellow, Medley Pryor, Blue 

 Pryor. All of these produce a great weight of tobacco if gro-n-n 

 on rich soil. 



For the production of cigars, plant the following varieties : — (If 

 grown on soils with a low water content they will produce a large 

 percentage of cigai' wrappeis, and if gi'own on soils with a greater 

 water content they will largely produce tillers.) Sumatra, for 

 ■wrappers only ; Vuelta Aliajo, for high-class cigars ; choice Havana 

 and C'uljan, ' for good cigars ; Havana seed leaf, Connecticut 

 seed leaf, Zimmer Spanish, Pennsylvania seed leaf, Pmnpelly, 

 and Brazilian for ordinary cigars or for blending with better 

 grades. 



This jjoint should always be remembered— the darker and 

 heavier the soil, tlic darker and heavier the leaf, no matter what 

 variety Ije planted. 



Classification of Toi!Accos. 



The classification of tobaccos according to the variety grown is 

 of little value to the trade, because of the endless modifications 

 produced by differences of soil and climate. The same variety 

 grown on the same field for twc. different seasons may produce 

 leaf that is adapted for entirely different purposes. The first season 

 may be such that the leaf will be dry and thin, and only adapted 

 for cigarettes, while the second season may grow a leaf that will 

 lie ideal for plug wrappers. The same plant will also produce 

 several grades of leaf that will belong to more than one class ; 

 the lower leaves may be adapjted foi' pipe smoking, the next for 

 cigarettes, the middle leaves for plug wrappers, and the tips for a 

 low grade of pipe tobacco, or if well ripened, foi' plug fillers. For 

 this reason a classification (juite distinct frum the variety classification 

 is adopted. 



By a class is meant the purpose for which the tobacco is to 

 lie used, fur cigars, fur chewing, for cigarette.s, or for export. 

 A type is based on the comliination of ceitain qualities and pro- 

 perties in tlie leaf, as colour, strength, elasticity, ffavour, body, etc., 

 or on certain characteristics produced \\y methods of curing, as air 

 cured, sun cuied, or flue cured. One type may often be placed in 

 more than one class, as is the case with the yellow tobaccos which 

 fall into both the smoking and chewing classes. One district may 

 produce several types, and one or moie of these types may be 

 identical with certain types produced in other districts. However, 

 the various types ai'e usually confined to certain distiicts where the 

 conditions ai'e favourable for the development of (jualities that give 

 the leaf a distinct characteristic. 



A grade is a sub-division of a type based on the different 

 degrees of quality, texture, size, aroma, etc. These sub-divisions are 

 nearly endless, for a crop may be divided into say five groups on 

 a division based on quality, then each of these groups may be 

 divided into say thi'ee sub-groups on a second selection liased on 

 colour, and each sub-group may again lie divided into a dozen grades 

 according to length. Sumatra tobacco from the same farm may be 

 divided into seventy-t\\i.i grades. 



