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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 30 September 1924, Page 5

• Few people are probably aware that tobacco was at one time extensively cultivated in England. Wincliconibe, ip Gloucestershire, claims the honour o.f being the first place in the Old Country to grow the weed. The dried and cured leaf was comparatively expensive at first, but by the time of James IT. the ‘‘‘best Virginia” was sold at 2/- per lb., and was in great demand. It would be interesting to compare, if that 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, how on the market are grown in Xew Zealand, and they owe their fine flavour largely to .the fact that they are all toasted —a ..new departure. Owing to their containing such a trifling amount of . nicotine these brands may fee smoked all day without unpleasant or injurious consequences: “Riverhead Gold” is a fine aromatic tobacco; ‘‘Toasted Navy Gut” (Bulldog label) medium; and ‘‘Cut Plug No. 10”. (Bull’s Head) fullflavoured. They are meeting with a big sale.* Progandra removes painful corns; l/6.-r-Advt. .