New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-28
CUBAN CIGARS.
WOW rCr,cCO WAS GROWN BEFORE
THE WAR -NlCETiES OF MAN
UFAtTURE

.. 1870 attention was paid 10 IN" llhu0uS' I
which speedily grew to Such an "N,,'' ~ ri.nr
Government claimed the monopoly oi liza
making From that time insurr'''l"h III ~" va /
has developed from intermittent To '"i"'Ir' ~
Il rs and again in 112l. the planters. "'ari'n ~
IN, rost rictions imposed 10y the captain 'rh'f'Ll'
gave A reception more warm than hospi'apit =, !
III. inspector who came To fix the pre- o' .i."
,r,ts ON a similar occasion in l'2''. hVc nun
d,.d tnhacco-crowcrs having refused 10 accept
tl,, terms and having destroyed the crops Va
these who did accept detachment "' eaNamy
was sent t" qucll the insurgents. nanS ol "mU''
,y.r, killed. In lI6l tn" Government '"iiS''"'
c1 the first Real Fahrica de- Tabac"s no" Nv, NV
military hospital. on the iay OF iia.in" 'u w.
NJ mo arsenal one immediate result "i thc
~ hri,l was the extension Of tobacco lh'ihlhe
t. the Nuclta Abajo. where. after ISL "h'' |
the restrictions and the monopoly were rri""N'u'
tn industry rapidly increased III - r Wv -
were in the distrc, ~ which Pinar del ~" II
,ho centre. over five thousand vegas "a me To-
larro farms are called in 1916. over NM thou.
sand. in 1870. SON" fourteen th'u9a'u WIZ
before the outbreak of the present rebellion the
tn.acco crop OF the Vuclta Ahajp Nas worth an
annual average Of S"O.Wppn
MOIST SANDY sou. Required.
The vegas If the Vuclta Ahajo Ii" generally
on the sandy soiled margins 81 rivers. "r III
other low moist localities. Ten pr hitccn Y'a'S
ago whca sugar planting. though arrived NJ az
t,r. sion had not get gone below zero, the ornl-
nary size II vega was "A cabaIcr'a apo"t
thirty-thrc" acres. or th"s" thirty three acrtS
half was devoted 10 tn" raising OF IN" banana
or platano as the Cubanos name it, winch Ia
the staff Of lifc ~ the hands" and also serves
az "A screen to protect tn" tobacco from IN"
ken ''north"rs" known As los nortrs. MOT
recently two or three oaballerias have been
united in farm. On tn" vega are the casa
dc vlycnda." dwelling house ~ the "v"-
i;ucro." who may he owner or tenant -ioT inc
last three years almost invariably the well niSh
ruined owner; drying house. some mul" ana
cattle sheds. IN" "bohios or huts for the hands
who may be- Negroes mulatipes. or IN" lowest
class II whites and seldom exceed forty 10 TN"
cahall"ria and the "cIbina' FOR the "mayofaL'
ovcrs,-.r one reason for tn" EXTENSIVE" en-
ploym"nt on the v"c's oi Whit labor contrary
I, the rule On n "ingcnios. or sugar estates
l. that comparatively httlr II tn" work can b"
done in tn" heat ~ IA" day.
ON" Of ~" MOST extra ordinary things in mai
urc is he cuban '"su"r"'s instinct In ~" aug
mcntng OF Jim nishins tho miifn"ss or strength
or his tobacco. 'uhins clam 10 z" -" An h"f'hI-
tary insight with which no acquired skin an
compete. Certain It IS that IN" Americans and
the occasional Fronchman "r Englishman who.
after learning tobacco growing ~ years. nav"
tried the vega a. an Investment have. Nlth"ut
exception. come To- gii-f over this all-mp"fia ni
detail TIN fingers ~ the cuban" seem 90 ii
YIN" the buds h" must take of tp limit ne IA
GREASE or height ~ the plant. IN" eNart tom h's
Of trimminI that VIII produce ih" proper guam
tn and quality Of leaves
ENEMIES OF TIE CEur
rho writer Who lately rnournci 4 lA,k n m
V"riIon ~ cNpl.iiyrs cannot hIs' trirI So
ish There IS No other lAnsuaer in which a man
an ,Xpr.~- himself with such emphasis. versa
tility ana general frli"i. ana IA" .rsu"r" may
h. pardon'd & h. aNails himself IT IA" capanli.
itlcs IT ms Ca,tilian. Ills M" is spent IN a war
fare thl, know No truce. IN authority has told
to go 10 IA" ant II the cuban rebels hdd
cuuat,d tho persistent perfection IN tactics ~
thc viz iarua. cuba Iibr"' would be- rst ib
lishcd fact The yyjlgua the hug" nai.v" at
is TO IA" fOitrc" What tn" locust ~ To- m"
wheat In years when his visitation assumes Ia"
proportions II a plagu" r""ours" - had 10 IN"
iuicrc 'esion. with procession and special adoia-
tiOn. Of san MLrcial. who IS tn" patron of th'
V,cucros 50 insidlous IL the method II attack
Of IA" Vivijhsud that thr only remedy is Tn"
rigor Of the game cremation unfortunately
necessarily ~ IN" plant "a ""Il a thr parasite"
~ the eggs IN tho soil must l." strriiIl'd. I'll"
planter secs a nOurishing growth drpop and
fade. II" cuts the stem fcw inches ahov" thu
ground. Instead "f health, cells full nf sap H.
finds fra ill" lace work or nhr" Tn" p"rford
ticn is mastrfpr,. in design. Tn planter
however. * not IN th" mood for admiration 81
the architectural genius " IN" visijagua. A.
this plant is. are all the others on his vega
Iic falls back on his Casttn.
Even should san Marcial deliver him from
tn" VivljacuI tn" N"Su"ro still has to pass ms
early morning ana evening At certain seasons
his entire night in "Nicrminating other Nora
CiouS insects thdt prosecute mis- crop. one pest
the "clchaga." Iomcilcs himself at ih, roots Of
the leaves. He opens proceedings 10y feeding
upon tn" part II the :talk which forms his cell
ing. As h" eats. he twists the outer edge " tn.
leaf into little tunnel around himself and his
family. cnlarging both family and home he
travels To the tip The OatfSome little VERDE"
is an unriValird mimic His success in culorng
himself the Identical shade pf the leaf through
all its degrees OF ripcning Is calculated To de
crive the kcrncSt eye. For thnrOughnrsS Of work
h" compcls respect. lie leaves nothing hui the
midrib. The "XaspcratinE "roSpulla" gets into
tn" hearts of the buds. and 50 rapidly does h.
multiply that in twenty four hours the plant
~. like poor Swift. dead at the top"
TO md IN" vega Of all tn, So animalculr there
- nothing for it but t" pick them off hy hand
1t is Il pretty scene. IN the tranquil tropical
night, when the hands. each with a little safety