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The following is a rough classification of the varieties and types of 

 tobacco listed by the cigar leaf districts of America in which they are 

 produced : — 



Table 12. — Varieties, Location and Types of Tobacco in the Cigar Leaf 



Districts. 



Varieties. 



Where grown. 



Types or Uses. 



Length in 

 Inches. 



Zimmer Spanish, 

 Little Dutch, 

 Ohio seed leaf, 

 Wisconsin binder, 

 Pennsylvania broadleaf , 

 Connecticut broadleaf, 

 Connecticut Havana seed, 

 Connecticut shade-grown, 

 York State Havana, . 

 Florida shade-grown, . 

 Georgia shade-grown. 



Ohio, . 

 Ohio, . 

 Ohio, . 

 Wisconsin, . 

 Pennsylvania, 

 Connecticut valley, 

 Connecticut valley, 

 Connecticut valley. 

 New York, . 

 Florida, 

 Georgia, 



Fillers, 



Fillers, 



Wrappers and binders, 



Binders, 



Binders and fillers. 



Wrappers, . 



Wrappers, . 



Wrappers, . 



Wrappers, . 



Wrappers, . 



Wrappers, . 



9-18 

 12-21 

 16-26 

 14-24 

 14-26 

 14-28 

 14-28 

 12-20 

 14-26 

 12-18 

 12-18 



Such districts are peculiarly adapted to the growing of tobacco for 

 commercial purposes because of distinctive climatic and soil conditions 

 which have much to do with the quality of the leaf. 



According to the United States Department of Agriculture, tobacco dis- 

 tricts are classified as producers of either the cigar type or the chewing, 

 smoking, snuff and export types. It is with the cigar type grown in the 

 Connecticut valley that we are here concerned. 



Tobacco of the cigar type may be still further classified into wrappers, 

 binders and fillers, all three classes being necessary in making a cigar. The 

 wrapper, as its name implies, is the outer covering of the cigar. Only 

 comparatively large leaves of special color, texture, aroma and burning 

 qualities can be used for cigar wrappers. A very few wrappers are pro- 

 duced in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, but the principal competing areas 

 are in Florida, Cuba and Sumatra. Approximately 55 per cent of the 

 cigar wrappers used in America are grown in the Connecticut valley dis- 

 trict, and only 29 per cent elsewhere in the United States; the remainder 

 are imported. 



Binders is the name given to the tobacco used in making the body of the 

 cigar just under the wrapper. This also requires certain specific qualities 

 found only in tobacco grown in a few limited areas. Wisconsin produces 

 most of the binders, but Pennsylvania, New York, the Connecticut valley 

 and a few other places provide some tobacco of this quality. 



The filler is the center or core of the cigar. Small or broken leaves, 

 seconds and otherwise unusable leaves may be used for fiillers. Ohio 



