Changes in Cigar Leaf Tobacco Acreage (Classic Reprint)

By Johnny D. Braden

Excerpt from Changes in Cigar Leaf Tobacco Acreage

Connecticut Valley production fell off in the late 1800's as preferences shifted to imports from Sumatra. However, around 1900, us. Farmers erected cotton cloth tents for shade to achieve the desired leaf qualities for cigar wrappers, and soon, the Connecticut Valley became known as Tobacco Valley.

Today, cigar tobacco production is reported in local areas of seven States - Connecticut, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Wisconsin, Georgia, and Florida (fig. At one time, production of cigar filler and binder was reported in New York, Indiana, Minnesota. Georgia, and Florida, but this output is now too minor to report by the us. Department of Agriculture in crop estimates.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1390419851
• ISBN13: 9781390419856
• Release Date: January 2024
• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Length: 28 Pages
• Weight: 0.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"