42 CIRCULAR 249, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
and are then taken out of the cases, in the fall, dipped in water, and 
force-sweated. This is known as resweating. Dutch tobacco is 
seldom dipped and resweated. 
Type 45, Georgia and Florida sun-grown.—(Discontinued type; see 
type 56 under ‘“‘Binder Types.’’) Production of type 45 was dis- 
continued in 1940, although some of the tobacco previously grown 
still exists in manufacturers’ stocks. A new binder type (No. 56) is 
being produced in the same area. (See p. 45.) 
Type 46, Puerto Rican filler.—Puerto Rican cigar-leaf tobacco is 
produced in the central, inland portion of Puerto Rico. It is 
marketed and handled at a number of points on the island. The 
principal markets are Caguas, Juncos, Cayey, Comerio, San Lorenzo, 
- and Utuado. The average annual production for the last 5 years 
has been about 28 million pounds. 
Puerto Rican tobacco is used principally for cigar fillers and the 
major portion of it is used in continental United States. The leaves 
are smaller and thinner-bodied than most of the cigar-filler types 
produced in the United States. It is aromatic and has a distinctive 
flavor that blends well with other filler types. 
It is harvested by both the stalk-cutting and the priming methods. 
It is air-cured under natural atmospheric conditions in curing barns 
that may be either of wood construction or constructed of poles 
thatched with cane or palm leaves. 
Tobacco is marketed through refaccionistas and local dealers, by 
whom it is sold partly to local representatives of large cigar manu- 
facturers or to New York dealers who in turn sell it to manufacturers. 
Manipulation of the tobacco after it leaves the farmers’ hands includes 
extensive bulk sweating, stemming, and packing in bales.?® 
BINDER TYPES 
Type 51, Connecticut Broadleaf—This tobacco is produced in the 
valley of the Connecticut River from near the Massachusetts State 
line to Glastonbury, Conn., principally on the east side of the river. 
Some is handled and packed at various points throughout the valley 
but Hartford, Conn., is the principal marketing point. The annual 
production for the last 10 years has averaged about 13 million pounds. 
It is used principally for cigar binders, but some is used for wrappers, 
fillers, and scrap chewing. 
The leaves are relatively large (fig. 19) ranging in length from about 
18 to 24 inches. They are smooth and of good texture, and are brown 
in color. The leaves used for wrappers are the darkest of all the 
tobaccos used for that purpose. 
Connecticut Broadleaf is harvested by the stalk-cutting method and 
is air-cured in barns under natural atmospheric conditions. Figure 
20 shows the method of providing ventilation in curing barns in this 
section. After the tobacco is fully cured and is in good order for 
handling, it is taken down and the leaves are stripped from the stalks. 
It is marketed under a country-sales system, the buyers visiting the 
farms of the growers and bargaining as to price. From 50 to 60 per- 
cent of the growers sort their own tobacco after it is stripped from the 
stalks. Otherwise the sorting is done in the packing houses of the 
dealers. It is sorted into 10 to 12 grades, the major groups of grades 
9 For a more detailed statement of Puerto Rican tobacco see U. 8. Dept. of Agr. Cir. 519 (6). 
