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TOBACCO SECRETS. !rnrWlvh nad \ irscininn Leafs Are V*- , rletle* of th» Same Plant.How many people even among tin? most confirmed smokers know what is . ■ tlie difference between Turkish anti Virginia tobaccos?The smoker, of course, can tell you which is which at the first whiff, but ] if you ask him what tlie original dis-! tinction is between the two he will tell you that one comes from Turkey and the other from the Stales.He is wrong. You could grow Turk*1 I hit and Virginia tobaccos in the same field, for they are merely two different , varieties of the same plant. Turkish is the leaf of Nicotinna rustica, while ! Virginia is Nicotinna augustipolia. Of course the two are often blended by tobacconists.Again, what constitutes the difference between “strong’' and “mild” tobaccos? It. is simple enough. The strong product is so manufactured that it burns slowly, the result being that the contained nicotine is distilled in an unaltered state. Mild tobaccos are those which burn well, and thus their contained nicotine is consumed or decomposed, with the result that n less narcotic smoke is formed. IWe often hear cheap cigars spoken of ns “cabbage leaves,” and doubtless mun.v people believe that these are ac* 'tuslly adulterated with other substances than tobacco. Often in such a weed the outside wrapper is noticed to be patched with pale green, end this fact is held proof lt;f the cabbage leaf j libel. The piece of greenish leaf is real ] tobacco which has been plucked unripe or not properly cured, it is only to be l'ound in thin, poor leaf.—Loudon Express.
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Newnan Weekly News
Newnan, Georgia, US
Wed, Feb 08, 1905
Page 8
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