Few people are probably aware lliat tobacco was at one time extensively cultivated in Kngland. Winchconihe, in Gloucestershire, claims llie liunonr of being t!ie first place in tln* Old Country to grow tlie weed. The diied and cured leaf was comparatively expensive at first, hut hy the time of .lames 11. the “host Virginia’’ was sold at “s per 111., and was in great, demand. It would he interesting to compare, if ill,at were possible, the tobacco of that day with that of our own day. Modern methods of manufacture have of course worked wonders. Some of the purest tobaccos now on the market aie grown in New Zealand, and they owe their line flavour largely 'to the fact that they are all toasted a new departure. Owing to their containing such a trilling amount of nicotine tlie-e brands may he smoked all day without unpleasant or injurious conse»|Uenoes: “I’ivorhend Gold’’ is a line aromatic tobacco. “Toasted Navy Cut” (Htilldng label), medium, and “Cut Plug No 10" (Hull’s llead) full-flavoured. They are meeting with a big sale.— Advt.
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Hokitika Guardian, 28 October 1924, Page 4
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