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was bulk-sweated. The cost of handling was relatively high for a 
filler type. These costs have increased, especially since enactment 
of the Fair Labor Standards Act, and none of the old filler type has 
been produced since 1939. (See footnote 3, table lo: pao) 
Beginning in 1936, experiments were made in producing cigar 
binder tobacco in the same area. Various new strains of seed were 
introduced, including the so-called Mexican broadleaf, R. G., and 
301. Mexican broadleaf, the origin of which is uncertain, was found 
to be the most satisfactory and is now the prevailing type. The 
methods of harvesting, curing, and handling are essentially the same 
as those previously employed in connection with Sun Sumatra. 
Mexican broadleaf produces shorter leaves than other binder types. 
They are very thin and spready, that is, wide in proportion to their 
length. The tobacco has fair quality, excellent burn, and the per- 
centage of a normal crop running to usable binder grades is unusually 
high. Like the Sun Sumatra type that preceded it, Mexican broad- 
leaf is produced under contract, which indicates a restricted outlet 
and some uncertainty as to the permanence of the market for the 
type. Its present use is in the manufacture of two-for-5-cent cigars. 
Quincy, Fla., is the marketing point and center of production. 
WRAPPER TYPES 
Type 61, Connecticut Valley Shade-Grown. 
Type 62, Georgia and Florida Shade-Grown.—As the two types of 
shade-grown tobacco are very similar in cultural and handling 
methods they will be considered together. Connecticut shade-grown is 
AMA 2208 
FraurE 21.—Typical view of tobacco tents in the Connecticut Valley. From 
6,000 to 8,000 acres of tobacco are grown annually under shade in New England, 
and from = 000 to 4,000 acres in Florida and Georgia. 
