A SHORT SELECTION OF TOBACCO TERMINOLOGY 



Bright - Principally used as a reference to flue-cured tobacco such as 

 "bright leaf", or "bright Virginia." 



Case - (1) The condition of the tobacco with regard to its moisture 

 content. Tobacco in proper keeping condition is said to be "in 

 case." When too wet, it is in "high case." 



(2) A specified amount of cigar tobacco packed into a wooden 

 case for fermenting and storage. 



Casing - Applying flavoring agents on blended tobacco during manufacturing 



Cigar - A technical definition is perhaps not necessary, but a discussion 

 of the several sizes of cigars is helpful: 



(1) Blunt 



(2) Cigarillo 



(3) Corona 



(4) Panatella 



(5) Perfecto 



(6) Cheroot 



(7) Stogie 



(8) Little cigar 



A slender cigar smaller than a corona 

 but not as small as a cigarillo. 



A very small thin cigar with a straight 

 cut lighting end. 



Generally applied to any "large" cigar 

 with a straight-cut lighting end. 



A somewhat long straight cigar, in pro- 

 portion to its diameter, with an open 

 lighting end. 



A reference to any cigar, usually 

 "large," which tapers from the center 

 toward each end. There are many shapes 

 and sizes of Perfecto cigars. 



A cigar of simple construction and, 

 usually, small size, open at both 

 ends and made of tobaccos not commonly 

 used in standard cigars. 



A vernacular term for any cigar, espe- 

 cially an inexpensive brand. The term 

 comes from the handmade product of Con- 

 estoga wagon drivers used for their own 

 consumption and barter. 



In shape and appearance closely resem- 

 bling a cigarette but made with cigar 

 tobaccos. 



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