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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XV, Issue 125, 2 May 1925, Page 5

Few people are probably aware that tobacco was at one time extensiely cultivated in Engl.: nd. Winchcombe, in Gloucestershire. claims the honour of 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 Tl. the “best Virginia” was sold ?t 2s 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 o 5 the purest tobaccos now on the market ore grown in New Zealand, and they owe their fine favour 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 be smoked all day /without unpleasant or injurious consequences: “Riverhold Cold’’ is a lino aromatic tobacco. “Toasted Navy Cut” (Bulldog; label) medium, and “Cut Plug No. 10” 'Bull’s Head), full-flavoured. They are meeting with a big sale.*—No. 2j.