"What epnstitutes really good tobac60 Is' asked "Calabash" iu a London weekly, and proeeeded to answer his Own questiou thus: "Good tobacco must possess unexeeptional flavour and bouqtlet; its nicotine content should be negligible; it sbouia be cool and swoet, and it should, moreover be possible to smolte it for hOurs at a stretch without the stnoker experienctng satiety, a burnt tongue or iri'itated throat; even free indulgence should leave no injtirious after effects. * ' In fhe following issne of the paper several letterg appeared from readers anxious to know where tobacco of sttch merit as that described by "Calabash" could be ptoeured. He had to confess he couldn't tell them. ' Tobacco like that is not obtainable in Englanci. In New Zealand's it.'s td be had at any tobaeeonist's shap! All yotf've got to do Is to ask far out own "toasted" which combines all the points speeified by "Caiabash" and is ffee from nicotine as tobacco can be! The five (and only genuine) toasted brartd iix'f.: Cut Pllig No. 1() (Ht'llshCftd), Nuvy Cut No. (Bull-. 1 d°g), Caveudish, Riverhead Gold and Desert Gold.*
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 140, 30 June 1937, Page 13
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