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being known as wrappers, seconds, top leaves, fillers, and stemming. 
Usually there are several grades of wrappers and seconds. For deliv- 
ery by growers, the tobacco, whether sorted or not, usually is packed 
in paper-wrapped bundles weighing from 30 to 60 pounds. Some 
growers who sort their own tobacco also pack it in cases before deliv- 
ery. It is delivered by the growers to the dealers from January to 
May; the peak of the deliveries comes in February. Usually most 
of the crop is marketed during the first quarter of the year. 
Connecticut Broadleaf is not bulk-sweated but is sometimes re- 
packed into bundles for sweating. Usually it is packed directly into 
cases and put into a sweating room with a temperature of from 85° 
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Figure 19.—A field of Connecticut Valley Broadleaf, type 51. This is a cigar- 
binder type but some is used for cigar wrappers. The lower grades are sold 
for fillers and scrap chewing. 
to 95° F. for a period of from 6 to 8 weeks. About 30 percent is 
packed in cases for natural sweat; that is, it is stored in a warehouse 
with no temperature control. 
Type 52, Connecticut Havana Seed.—This tobacco is produced in the 
same territory as Connecticut Broadleaf, but mostly on the western 
side of the Connecticut River. Some is grown in the Housatonic 
Valley. Hartford is the principal market. The average annual pro- 
duction for the last 10 years was about 12,500,000 pounds. Produc- 
tion declined to about 10,000,000 pounds in 1933, 5,900,000 in 1934, 
and 6,700,000 pounds in 1935, but has since risen to 15,773,000. It is 
used principally for cigar binders. Although about the same per- 
centage of Havana Seed as Broadleaf is classified as wrappers by the 
packers, the percentage actually used for wrapper purposes is not as 
large. The tobacco of the lower grades is used in fillers and scrap 
chewing. This type as a whole is somewhat thinner bodied than 
Connecticut Broadleaf, is very smooth and of fine texture, and runs 
lighter in color. 
